Whistleblower Questions Delayed Use of Sensor Plane After Ohio Train Derailment May 16, 2024 By Josh Funk The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within...
Pilot Says Plane That Skid at Houston Airport Had Shaky Brakes April 8, 2024 HOUSTON (AP) — The captain of a United Airlines jet said the brakes seemed less effective than normal and the...
Freight Railroads Must Keep 2-Person Crews Under New Federal Rule April 4, 2024 By Josh Funk Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized...
NTSB Investigating Small Plane Crash in Oregon That Left ‘No Survivors’ March 14, 2024 A small plane crash in a remote area of central Oregon has killed everyone on board, local authorities said. The...
NTSB Report Casts Doubt Truck’s Steering Locked in Crash That Killed Arizona Cyclists March 1, 2024 A newly released report on a fatal crash involving a pickup truck and a group of cyclists last year near...
NTSB to Release Cause of East Palestine, Ohio Train Derailment in June Hearing February 12, 2024 By Josh Funk Federal investigators say they will determine the cause of last year’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment in eastern Ohio at a...
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...