National Transportation Safety Board News

NTSB: Deadly Crashes, Fire in Wyoming Tunnel Started With Pickup Losing Control

A series of chain-reaction crashes and a fire in a Wyoming highway tunnel that killed three people started when a pickup truck lost control and partially blocked traffic on the slick roadway, federal investigators said. It had snowed before the …

Aircraft Caught Fire After Landing in Denver, Sending Passengers onto Wing

A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing clouds of smoke. Airport officials said 12 people were taken to …

NTSB: Turbulence Hit Hawaiian Air Flight Due to Decision to Fly Over Storm Cell

A Hawaiian Airlines flight crew’s decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of deviating around it was the probable cause for hitting severe turbulence that injured passengers and crewmembers in 2022, the National Transportation Safety Board said in …

NTSB Preliminary Report Details Fiery but Safe Emergency Landing of Plane in Las Vegas

Federal investigators say an electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane shortly before the pilots made a fiery but safe emergency landing in Las Vegas earlier this month. No one …

Officials Identify 2 Men Killed in Idaho Gas Station Explosion

Authorities have identified two people killed when a gas station exploded and started a fire in a remote Idaho town last week. The Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office said Brandon Cook, 53, of Orofino and Wesley Lineberry, 62, of Pierce were …

Driver of Partially Automated Mustang Charged With DUI Homicide

A woman was intoxicated and using a partially automated driving system when she caused a March highway crash in Philadelphia that killed two people, authorities said as they announced homicide charges against the driver. State and federal investigators say the …

2 Small Planes Crash in Nebraska Less Than An Hour Apart; At Least 1 Dead

CROFTON, Neb. (AP) — Two different small planes crashed into fields in northeast Nebraska Monday and killed at least one person. The two crashes happened less than half an hour apart around 9:30 a.m. A Rans S-19 plane crashed first …

U.S. Transport Safety Board Opens Investigation Into Tesla Crash in California

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a crash and fire involving a Tesla electric semi-truck on a California highway, the agency said late Wednesday. The NTSB will carry out the safety investigation along with the …

Family of Nigerian Businessman Killed in Helicopter Crash Sues Charter Company

The family of a Nigerian business leader who died in a Southern California helicopter crash that killed five others in February filed a lawsuit claiming the flight should have been grounded because of treacherous weather. Relatives of Abimbola Ogunbanjo, the …

NTSB Investigating Small Plane Crash in Oregon That Left ‘No Survivors’

A small plane crash in a remote area of central Oregon has killed everyone on board, local authorities said. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said a 911 call around 7:40 p.m. Sunday reported the crash outside the city of Madras, …