U.S. Safety Agency Faults Uber, Driver in Probe of 2018 Autonomous Car Crash Death November 20, 2019 By David Shepardson A U.S. safety agency on Tuesday faulted Uber for inadequate attention to safety and decisions in the company’s autonomous vehicle...
Civilian Plane Crash Deaths Rose 15% in 2018 November 18, 2019 Federal safety officials say that 393 people died in U.S. civilian plane crashes last year, a 15% increase over the...
NTSB Blames Miami Bridge Collapse on Design Errors, Lack of Oversight October 25, 2019 A Miami university bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year showed significant design errors and should have been...
U.S. Safety Board Wants to Learn Cause of Fatal Uber Autonomous Car Crash October 18, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a...
NTSB Report: Firm Tied to Collapsed Miami Bridge Wasn’t Qualified October 10, 2019 Federal transportation officials say the firm charged with reviewing the design of a Miami university bridge that collapsed last year...
Trump Administration to Ease Rules on Truckers’ Maximum Hours on Road July 3, 2019 By Richard Lardner Truck driver Lucson Francois was forced to hit the brakes just five minutes from his home in Pennsylvania. He’d reached...
Miami Bridge Cracks Were Growing ‘Daily’ Before Deadly Collapse: Records May 10, 2019 By Brendan Farrington Just hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed and killed six people at a Miami university, engineers confirmed that cracks in...
Insurers of Collapsed Florida Bridge Builder to Pay $42M to Victims May 8, 2019 Insurers will pay up to $42 million to surviving victims of a 2018 Florida bridge collapse and the families of...
Recording Indicates Amazon Cargo Plane Crew Lost Control Seconds Before Crash March 6, 2019 By Alan Levin Recorded conversations by pilots on a cargo jet carrying packages for Amazon.com Inc. that crashed last month near Houston reveal...
Contractor that Built Miami Pedestrian Bridge that Collapsed Files for Bankruptcy March 6, 2019 The contractor that built a pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed six people last year in Miami is filing for...