Railroads Say They’re Making Safety Changes to Reduce Derailments After Ohio Crash February 6, 2024 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made...
Safety Investigators Find No Engine Problems With News Helicopter That Crashed January 19, 2024 A television news helicopter that crashed in a southern New Jersey forest last month, killing the pilot and a photographer,...
Fatal Hot Air Balloon Crash in Arizona May Be Linked to Faulty ‘Envelope’ January 18, 2024 An “unspecified problem” with the balloon portion of a hot air balloon may have led to Sunday’s crash in the...
Alaska Airlines’ Decision Not to Ground Boeing Jet Despite Warning Signs Comes Under Scrutiny January 10, 2024 By David Koenig, Tom Krisher and Claire Rush The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to...
NTSB Finds Chicago Train Operator Was Not at Fault for November Crash December 14, 2023 By Claire Savage CHICAGO (AP) – The operator of a Chicago commuter train that collided with snow- removal equipment last month was not...
Captain Likely Asleep Before Ferry Crash in Washington Last Year, Officials Conclude October 17, 2023 Fatigue and complacency led to a passenger and car ferry crashing into a terminal in Seattle last year, causing $10.3...
Report: Pilot Error, Training Issues Factors in Alaska Crash That Killed Czech Billionaire October 2, 2023 By Becky Bohrer The probable cause of a heli-skiing crash in Alaska in 2021 that killed a Czech billionaire and four others was...
Norfolk Southern Changes Policy on Overheated Bearings After Ohio Derailment August 3, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the...
Helicopter Crashes Near I-70 in Ohio, Killing Pilot and Causing Series of Accidents July 31, 2023 SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) – A helicopter hit power lines and crashed near an interstate in Ohio over the weekend, killing...
Firefighters Struggled to Identify the Toxic Freight in Ohio Train Derailment, Chiefs Say June 26, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to immediately identify the hazardous...