Latest Transportation Headlines
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NTSB: Car Carrying Oklahoma Teens Made Rolling Stop Before Fatal Crash
Mar 29 2022 // A small, four-seat, car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly failed to come to a full stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens, the National Transportation...
NTSB Report Recounts Final Moments Before Fatal Louisiana Helicopter Crash
Feb 7 2022 // A helicopter was seen descending toward the ground in a nose-down position before it crashed near Houma, killing the pilot and a passenger, federal investigators said. The account was included Friday in the National...
NTSB Issues 1st Report on Fatal Midair Arizona Collision
Oct 25 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board issued its preliminary report on a fatal midair collision involving a helicopter and a small plane outside a suburban Phoenix airport earlier this month. The flight instructor and...
NTSB: Driver was Behind Wheel When Tesla Crashed Near Houston, Killing Two
Oct 25 2021 // A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver’s seat. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board...
NTSB: Louisiana Boat’s Engine Room-Only Fuel Shutoff Valves Let Fire Spread
Oct 11 2021 // Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators say. Other shrimpers saw the smoke and rescued all four...
NTSB: Poor Communication Led to Fatal Towboat Crash in Louisiana
Sep 27 2021 // A fatal head-on crash between barges pushed by two towboats in Louisiana was caused by inadequate communication and failure to broadcast their total sizes, the National Transportation Safety Board says. The RC Creppel...
National Transportation Safety Board Probes Deadly Tesla Crash in Florida
Sep 21 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a crash of a Tesla Inc. vehicle, the second probe by the agency of a fatal accident involving the electric carmaker’s models in less than six...
NTSB: Georgia Cargo Shipwreck Caused by Inaccurate Stability Calculations
Sep 16 2021 // Inaccurate stability calculations caused the capsizing of vehicle carrier Golden Ray that resulted in $200 million worth of damages, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The Marine Accident Report details the...
NTSB: Bridge Crew at Fault in Anchored Ship’s Costly New Orleans-Area Crash
Aug 24 2021 // The bridge crew’s lack of attention to a cargo ship’s position let it drag anchor and hit another anchored ship and a dock last year, doing millions of dollars in damage, according to a National Transportation...
NTSB Says Boston Green Line Train That Hit 2nd Train Was Going 30 MPH
Aug 10 2021 // The Green Line train that struck a second train in Boston was traveling at 30 miles per hour, while the train that was struck was traveling at about 10 mph, according to a preliminary review of data by the National...
Hub Introduces Transportation Industry Excess Liability Product
Jun 18 2021 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited has introduced a transportation excess liability/umbrella proprietary product helps clients reduce risks and protect them from potentially large losses. The Hub Drive Excess...
Transportation Company to Pay $40K to Settle Race Harassment Lawsuit
Jun 2 2021 // A river transportation company will pay $40,000 to resolve a race harassment lawsuit filed in Louisiana, federal authorities say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said it filed suit alleging...
Pilot Failed to Control Plane in Texas Crash That Killed 10: NTSB
May 21 2021 // A pilot’s failure to control a small airplane when it lost thrust in one of two engines seconds after takeoff in suburban Dallas led to a 2019 crash that killed all 10 people aboard, federal officials said in a...
NTSB: Louisiana Offshore Lift Boat Flipped While Lowering Legs, Turning
May 19 2021 // An offshore oil industry boat had begun to lower its legs and was trying to turn to face heavy winds when it flipped in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana last month, according to a preliminary federal report released on May...
Tesla Owner Got into Driver’s Seat Before Deadly Texas Crash: NTSB
May 12 2021 // Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver’s seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston, according to a new government report. But the preliminary report...
NTSB: Lack of Monitoring Aggravated $900K Louisiana Shipyard Fire
May 7 2021 // A 2020 fire at a Louisiana shipyard in April 2020 that caused $900,000 in damage was able to start and spread without notice because no one was continually monitoring the vessel while fire detectors were shut off during...
NTSB: 2 of 6 Killed in Massive, Icy Texas Crash Had Exited Cars
Apr 23 2021 // Two of the six people killed in a massive crash involving about 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate in February were fatally struck after getting out of their vehicles, a federal agency reported on April 21. The...
Transportation Insurer Lancer to Merge Into Core Specialty
Apr 19 2021 // Commercial auto insurer Lancer Insurance Co. has agreed to merge with another specialty insurer, Core Specialty, where it will operate under its own brand name as Core Specialty’s ninth specialty property/casualty...
NTSB: Erratic Steering Led to 2019 Vessel Collision in Sabine Pass
Apr 12 2021 // A National Transportation Safety Board investigation found that the erratic steering of a supply vessel led to a 2019 collision resulting in more than 6,000 gallons of diesel oil being dumped into the Sabine Pass, a busy...
NTSB: Speed an Issue in 2019 Houston Ship Channel Crash
Apr 1 2021 // Federal transportation safety officials say one of the vessels involved in the 2019 Houston Ship Channel collision that resulted in the release of more than 11,000 barrels of petrochemicals into Galveston Bay was going too...
