A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board accident report says nothing broke off a 1950s-era plane prior to it crashing into the ground during a West Virginia air show last month and killing the pilot. The board also says a review …
The China-based maker of signaling systems for the Shanghai subway line where two trains crashed this week, injuring 284 people, said Thursday that its equipment was not at fault. “Our signal system has nothing to do with this incident,” Casco …
A crash on one of Shanghai’s newest subway lines, the latest stumble in China’s rush to roll out modern services, is focusing attention on the use of high-tech signal systems that at times are anything but fail-safe. The collision Tuesday, …
Washington D.C.’s Metro has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $13 million from its insurance company, claiming that it has failed to pay costs and extra expenses in connection with the 2009 rail crash that killed nine people. The lawsuit …
A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the newly expanded transportation system in China’s commercial center. The signal failure meant trains on Line …
A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal on Sunday, killing all 19 people on board, including 13 foreigners, officials said. Ten Indians, two Americans and one Japanese were among the victims, Tourism …
Bridgeport police say a driver charged with fatally injuring a woman as she stepped off a city bus was talking on his cellphone at the time. Police say 41-one-year-old Michael Maddox of Newtown was charged Friday with negligent homicide, operating …
Federal investigators are expected to release a preliminary summary of their probe of a racing plane crash that killed 11 people in Reno, Nevada and injured at least 80. A National Transportation Safety Board official says there won’t be any …
With an 11th fatality declared as a result of the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nev. on Friday, one of the world’s largest airshow insurers is anxious to draw a distinction between airshows and air races. …
Police say a dump truck carrying boy scouts to a regional jamboree has collided with a passenger bus, killing three people in the southern Philippines. Police Inspector Jose Andy dela Cruz says the dead include at least one boy scout …