U.S. Safety Agency Targets Pilot Fatigue with Technology, Stricter Work Rules September 26, 2018 By Alan Levin U.S. accident investigators probing a San Francisco incident last year in which a jetliner was mere feet from landing on...
3 Massachusetts Towns Rocked by Series of Gas Explosions, Home Fires September 14, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Three northern Massachusetts residential communities were rocked last night by dozens of gas-fueled explosions and fires that erupted within minutes...
Engine Flaws Similar to Southwest’s Found at Other Airlines July 27, 2018 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein Flaws in jet engine fan blades like one that cracked and broke loose in April, killing a Southwest Airlines Co....
NTSB Questions CSX Safety Procedures After Deadly South Carolina Train Crash July 13, 2018 By Meg Kinnard Federal investigators on Tuesday grilled train company executives about a deadly South Carolina crash that happened earlier this year, asking...
U.S. Safety Board Urges Seat Belts, Automatic Brakes on School Buses May 23, 2018 By Ryan Beene The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended for the first time that all new school buses in the U.S....
Report: Cracks Found on Florida Bridge Weeks Before Deadly Collapse May 10, 2018 Crews found cracks in a key part of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Florida earlier than previously acknowledged, but...
Two Killed in Tesla Car Crash in Florida May 9, 2018 By Sanjana Shivdas A Tesla car crashed and caught fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday, killing two people, local police said on...
Amtrak Failed to Observe Speed Warnings Before Fatal Maryland Crash May 1, 2018 By Alan Levin Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety...
Safety Worry: Keeping Humans In and Around Autonomous Vehicles Engaged April 11, 2018 By Keith Naughton, Ryan Beene and Alan Levin After partially faulting Tesla Inc.’s automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators last year called on carmakers...
‘Public Is Tired of Excuses’ for Delays in Anti-Crash Tech: Republican Chairman February 16, 2018 By David Shepardson The chair of a congressional committee on Thursday urged U.S. railroads and transit agencies to meet a looming deadline to...