Fatal Amtrak Crash in Washington State Stirs Safety Debate in D.C. December 19, 2017 By Ryan Beene, Mark Niquette and Alan Levin The deadly Amtrak crash in Washington state marked the railroad’s third fatal accident in as many years, putting the passenger...
Additional Runway Incidents at San Francisco Airport Under Investigation November 27, 2017 U.S. officials are investigating two more incidents at San Francisco International Airport where planes could have wound up on the...
NTSB Cites Broken Rail in 2015 Derailment in South Dakota; BNSF Says Changes Made November 22, 2017 The National Transportation Safety Board has determined a broken rail probably caused the derailment of a train carrying ethanol two...
Year After Texas Balloon Crash, NTSB Wants Medical Certification Exemption Tossed October 18, 2017 The National Transportation Safety Board has called on the Federal Aviation Administration to remove its medical certification exemption for commercial...
Drone’s Collision With Army Helicopter Over New York Probed October 6, 2017 By Alan Levin Federal investigators have opened their first probe of a mid-air collision between a civilian drone and a traditional aircraft. An...
Kentucky Jury Awards $21.7M to Families of 3 Killed in Medical Chopper Crash October 2, 2017 A Kentucky jury has awarded $21.7 million to the families of three people who died in a June 2013 medical...
Official Says Bus in Deadly New York Crash Going Twice the Speed Limit September 22, 2017 Federal safety investigators say a charter bus that blew through a red light in New York City and caused a...
Family Says Tesla Car Did Not Kill Their Son But Regulator Says Tesla Shares Blame September 12, 2017 By Alan Levin Federal accident investigators are poised to find that Tesla Inc.’s auto-driving system should share blame for a fatal 2016 crash...
Pennsylvania Commuter Train Crash Injures Dozens, None Critically August 23, 2017 A commuter train crashed into a parked train at a suburban Philadelphia terminal early Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of passengers...
Freight Train Cars Burning After Derailment in Pennsylvania, Residents Flee August 3, 2017 By Maranie Staab Rail cars carrying gas and sulfur on a CSX Corp freight train skidded off the tracks and burst into flames...