Latest Transportation Headlines
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FAA Rejected Advice for Hot Air Balloon Safety Rules 2 Years Ago
Aug 8 2016 // Warning about potential high-fatality accidents, safety investigators recommended two years ago that the Federal Aviation Administration impose greater oversight on commercial hot air balloon operators, government...
FAA Rejected Advice for Hot Air Balloon Safety Rules 2 Years Ago
Jul 31 2016 // Warning about potential high-fatality accidents, safety investigators recommended two years ago that the Federal Aviation Administration impose greater oversight on commercial hot air balloon operators, government...
Texas Hot Air Balloon Crash Kills All 16 Aboard
Jul 31 2016 // A hot air balloon carrying at least 16 people caught on fire and crashed in Central Texas on Saturday, and there did not appear to be any survivors, authorities said. Authorities would not confirm the exact number of...
NTSB: Parts of Plane that Crashed in Illinois Scattered Nearly a Mile
Jul 29 2016 // A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report says a plane that crashed southwest of Chicago killing the pilot and setting a house on fire, left nearly a mile-long trail of debris before crashing. The Piper...
Safety Board Finds Automated Tesla Involved in Crash Was Speeding
Jul 27 2016 // Federal investigators probing the deadly wreck in Florida of a Tesla car that was using automated driving technology have found that the vehicle was speeding when it hit a truck. The U.S. National Transportation Safety...
Probe of Tesla Crash to Address Broader Safety Issues of Automation in Cars
Jul 11 2016 // For years, U.S. investigators have been calling for more automation on motor vehicles, such as sensors that slam on the brakes to prevent a crash. At the same time, the National Transportation Safety Board, in its probes...
Cockpit Voice Recorder Retrieved from Doomed EgyptAir Flight
Jun 17 2016 // Search teams retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight MS804 on Thursday in a breakthrough for investigators seeking to explain what caused the plane to plunge into the sea, killing all 66 people on...
Transportation Department Blames Pipeline Company for California Oil Spill
May 20 2016 // Numerous lapses in safety measures, judgment and planning by Plains All American Pipeline LP led to and worsened a major oil spill last year that fouled miles of shoreline and ocean near Santa Barbara, Calif., the U.S....
Investigators Say Amtrak Engineer Was Distracted Before 2015 Philly Crash
May 17 2016 // The Amtrak engineer at the controls of a speeding train that derailed in Philadelphia last year, killing eight people, was distracted in the moments before the accident, U.S. investigators are preparing to conclude at a...
NTSB Investigating Texas Bus Crash That Left 8 Dead, 44 Hurt
May 16 2016 // Federal authorities are investigating a charter bus crash in far South Texas that killed eight people and injured 44 more in a single-vehicle rollover, officials said. Seven people died at the scene Saturday morning, May...
Pilots in Fatal 2015 Ohio Crash Were Fired from Previous Jobs: NTSB
Apr 27 2016 // Both pilots in a chartered-jet crash last year in Akron, Ohio, that killed seven employees of a Florida real estate company had been fired from previous jobs for performance issues, investigators said. All nine people...
NTSB: Kansas Derailment Site Track Damage Traced to Grain Truck
Apr 11 2016 // The derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in Kansas in March that injured more than two dozen people occurred at a site where there had been damage to the track that has been traced to a grain truck, federal authorities...
NTSB: Feed Truck Shifted Track Before Kansas Amtrak Accident
Mar 17 2016 // A truck used to deliver feed to a business where cattle are fattened hit a train track and shifted it at least a foot before an Amtrak train derailed in southwest Kansas and injured at least 32 people, an investigator...
NTSB Blames Poor Oversight in Deadly Illinois Truck Crash
Feb 11 2016 // Failed safety oversight was partly to blame for a deadly crash near Chicago in which a truck driver for a company already flagged as high-risk fell asleep and plowed into emergency vehicles, a federal accident...
U.S. Safety Officials Push Self-Braking Technology for Cars, Trains, Trucks
Jan 15 2016 // Safety officials want to see more technology used to reduce accidents on U.S. roads, airways and railroads. In its annual “Most Wanted” list, the National Transportation Safety Board is urging government...
Duck Boat in Washington Crash Didn’t Have Recommended Fix: NTSB
Sep 28 2015 // A duck boat involved in a deadly Seattle traffic crash did not have an axle repair that was recommended for the amphibious vehicle in 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board said. NTSB member Earl Weener said...
National Transportation Safety Board to Hold Hearing on Tracy Morgan Crash
Aug 10 2015 // Federal investigators will meet this week to determine the probable cause of the accident that injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killed one of his friends. The National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a meeting...
U.S. Pushes for Collision Prevention Technology on All New Cars, Trucks
Jun 10 2015 // U.S. safety officials this week called on automakers to begin installing collision avoidance systems in all new passenger and commercial vehicles, saying existing technology could save lives and avoid injuries by reducing...
NTSB: Amtrak Train Was Going Double the Speed Limit Before Crash
May 14 2015 // The New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 200, was traveling 106 miles per hour just before the accident, more than double the speed limit, according to U.S....
NTSB: Chopper Hoist Was Spinning Before Texas Nurse’s Fatal Fall
May 6 2015 // Investigators say a hoist suspended from a medical helicopter, which was carrying a nurse and patient from a Texas hiking trail, was spinning just before the nurse fell to her death. The National Transportation Safety...
