Latest Transportation Headlines
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Drone Easily Pierced New York ‘No-Fly’ Zone, Exposing Risk
Dec 15 2017 // A recreational drone operator whose device smashed into a U.S. Army helicopter in September flew undetected into a no-fly zone over New York set up to protect President Donald Trump and the United Nations. The National...
NTSB Cites Broken Rail in 2015 Derailment in South Dakota; BNSF Says Changes Made
Nov 22 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board has determined a broken rail probably caused the derailment of a train carrying ethanol two years ago in South Dakota. The NTSB report says BNSF Railway’s decision to defer...
NTSB: Amtrak’s Lax Safety Led to Penn. Crash That Killed Two Workers
Nov 16 2017 // Two maintenance workers who were struck and killed by a speeding Amtrak train near Philadelphia last year were the victims of a lax safety culture that had permeated the government-owned railroad, federal investigators...
InsuranceHub Expands Transportation Coverage to Additional Trucking Classes
Nov 9 2017 // InsuranceHub (formerly Lloyd Pro Group Agency) has expanded its Transportation Division to also cover long haul trucking, dump trucks and more. The division launched in 2016 with a focus on tow trucks. Some of the products...
Year After Texas Balloon Crash, NTSB Wants Medical Certification Exemption Tossed
Oct 18 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board has called on the Federal Aviation Administration to remove its medical certification exemption for commercial balloon operators, saying it contributed to a July 30, 2016, balloon...
Drone’s Collision With Army Helicopter Over New York Probed
Oct 6 2017 // Federal investigators have opened their first probe of a mid-air collision between a civilian drone and a traditional aircraft. An Army UH-60 helicopter was flying east of Staten Island on Sept. 21 when it collided with a...
A.M. Best Lowers Ratings for Transportation Insurer Canal Insurance of South Carolina
Sep 28 2017 // Canal Insurance Co., a family-owned insurer focused on commercial trucking and specialty transportation, is dealing with a ratings downgrade from A.M. Best. A.M. Best knocked down the A- (Excellent) financial strength...
U.S. Safety Board Says Train Crash Engineers Had Undiagnosed Sleep Disorder
Sep 22 2017 // The engineers in two New York City area commuter train crashes suffered from sleep apnea that had not been diagnosed, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday. The NTSB released factual findings on...
Tesla ‘Operational Limitations’ Cited for ‘Major Role’ in Crash by Safety Board
Sep 13 2017 // The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday “operational limitations” in the Tesla Model S played a “major role” in a May 2016 crash that killed a driver...
Family Says Tesla Car Did Not Kill Their Son But Regulator Says Tesla Shares Blame
Sep 12 2017 // Federal accident investigators are poised to find that Tesla Inc.’s auto-driving system should share blame for a fatal 2016 crash in which a Model S sedan drove itself into the side of a truck. The investigative...
NTSB Releases Results of Investigation Into 2015 New York Train Crash
Jul 27 2017 // Federal safety investigators said Tuesday they can’t determine why an SUV ended up in the path of an oncoming commuter train, causing a crash that killed six people at a rail crossing in suburban New York in...
U.S. Safety Board to Detail Findings of Deadly New York Train Crash
Jul 26 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board was scheduled to meet and detail a probe into a 2015 crash between a commuter train and an SUV that killed six people in the New York suburbs, a day after a U.S. official told The...
New York Rail Design Cited for Boosting Death Toll in 2015 Crash
Jul 25 2017 // The design of the New York region’s Metro-North Railroad power supply is among the reasons a 2015 accident between a train and a vehicle was so deadly, U.S. investigators are poised to conclude. The National...
Alaska Fatal Airplane Crash Getting NTSB Hearing
Jul 21 2017 // A National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearing in Alaska next month on a fatal commercial airplane crash will be the first held outside of Washington, D.C., in nearly 20 years. The board is conducting an...
Truck Speeding Fix Among Safety Rules Halted by Trump Anti-Regulation Order
Jul 7 2017 // Years of pleas from parents whose son was killed by a speeding tractor-trailer, buy-in from some truckers and the promise of fewer highway deaths convinced U.S. officials in September to propose requiring speed-limiting...
NTSB Heading Investigation into Fatal Pennsylvania Natural Gas Explosion
Jul 5 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation into an apparent natural gas explosion that destroyed a Pennsylvania home and killed a utility worker. The UGI Utilities worker was checking out a...
Report Offers Details But No Finding of Cause of Tesla Crash
Jun 21 2017 // The Tesla Model S accident that last year sparked a debate about the car company’s partially autonomous driving tools resulted in a cloud of white dust as the sedan plowed underneath a tractor trailer, a witness told...
NTSB to Investigate After Train Strikes, Kills Worker in New York City
Jun 12 2017 // Authorities say a Long Island Rail Road worker has been struck and killed by a train. The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted Saturday that it was sending a team to investigate the death. The worker was hit by a...
National Transportation Safety Board Joins Inquiry into Colorado Gas Explosion
May 12 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board has joined the investigation into a fatal Colorado house explosion blamed on unrefined natural gas flowing from a severed pipeline. The Longmont Times-Call reported the agency got...
NTSB Expects Report on Fatal Mississippi Bus Crash Within Weeks
Mar 22 2017 // Investigators say a preliminary report on the March 7 train-bus crash in Mississippi that killed four Texas tourists should be ready within three weeks. Biloxi Mayor Andrew “FoFo” Gillich on Friday added a...
