Freight Railroads Fail to Join Federal Safety Program After Ohio Derailment August 25, 2025 By CAIT KELLEY / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio, none of the nation’s largest...
Helicopter Crash Kills 2 Workers Repairing Powerlines Near Mississippi River August 11, 2025 By Jesse Bedayn, Sophia Tareen and Rio Yamat Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a...
NTSB Blames Cellphone Distraction for Mississippi River Barge Collision July 23, 2025 A tow pilot’s distraction caused by personal cellphone use resulted in a collision last year with moored barges on the...
NTSB Blames Delayed Response for 2023 Oil Spill off Coast of Louisiana June 27, 2025 By Josh Funk Roughly 1.1 million gallons of crude oil spilled from a pipeline into the Gulf of Mexico in November 2023 because...
Shortage of Overnight Truck Parking Blamed for 2023 Fatal Bus Crash in Illinois May 21, 2025 By John O'Connor Overnight parking for long-haul truckers at interstate rest stops is critically short and was a key contributor to a 2023...
NTSB Says a Utility Wasn’t Marked Before a Deadly Natural Gas Explosion in Missouri May 7, 2025 A deadly explosion that leveled one Missouri home and damaged two others happened after a subcontractor drilled into an unmarked...
Small Plane Hit Power Line Before Crashing in Platte River in Nebraska April 24, 2025 A small plane appeared to have struck a power line before it crashed into the Platte River in Nebraska and...
NTSB: Deadly Crashes, Fire in Wyoming Tunnel Started With Pickup Losing Control March 21, 2025 A series of chain-reaction crashes and a fire in a Wyoming highway tunnel that killed three people started when a...
NTSB: Turbulence Hit Hawaiian Air Flight Due to Decision to Fly Over Storm Cell December 17, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A Hawaiian Airlines flight crew’s decision to fly over a hazardous storm cell instead of deviating around it was the...
Deadly Air Show Crash in Texas Caused by Lack of Proper Planning: NTSB December 11, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The deadly crash of two vintage military planes at a 2022 air show in Texas was caused...