NTSB: Amtrak Train Was Going Double the Speed Limit Before Crash May 14, 2015 By Angela Greiling Keane, Mark Drajem and Romy Varghese The New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 200, was traveling 106 miles...
6 Killed, Scores Injured as Amtrak Train Derails in Philadelphia May 13, 2015 By Jeff Plungis and Sophia Pearson Investigators are trying to find out what caused a New York-bound Amtrak train to derail in Philadelphia, killing six, injuring...
NTSB: Chopper Hoist Was Spinning Before Texas Nurse’s Fatal Fall May 6, 2015 Investigators say a hoist suspended from a medical helicopter, which was carrying a nurse and patient from a Texas hiking...
Feds Say Chicago Transit Partly to Blame for Airport Train Derailment April 29, 2015 Federal investigators say the Chicago Transit Authority shares in the blame for an accident last year in which a commuter...
Germanwings Crash Shows Need for Protections Against Suicidal Crew Members March 26, 2015 By Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein The suspected intentional destruction of a Germanwings jet by a pilot shows the need for new protections against suicidal crew...
Pilots: Brakes Were On, but Plane at La Guardia Didn’t Slow March 11, 2015 By Meghan Barr The pilots of a Delta plane that skidded off a runway at LaGuardia Airport last week during a snowstorm have...
NTSB Has Plenty of Questions to Answer in NYC Runway Slide March 9, 2015 By Scott Mayerowitz As the National Transportation Safety Board begins its investigation into a Delta jetliner that slid off a runway while landing...
Trucking Safety Chief Defends Driver Rest Regulations March 4, 2015 By Jeff Plungis The trucking industry’s overseer is giving little ground to critics who asked Congress to loosen U.S. regulations and revise a...
California Commuter Train Versus Truck Injures Dozens February 25, 2015 By Chris Christoff and Esmé E. Deprez Twenty-eight people were injured when a Southern California commuter train collided with a truck stuck on the tracks on Tuesday,...
Wal-Mart Driver Appeals in Bid to Delay Morgan Crash Suit February 20, 2015 A Wal-Mart driver involved in a highway crash that killed a comic and severely injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has asked...