Federal authorities have released a report on the July 2013 plane crash near Oak Ridge that killed the pilot and instructor on board. KNOE-TV reports that the National Transportation Safety Board finds drugs may have played a role in the …
Investigators say bad weather and poor visibility may have been factors in a New York plane crash that killed a great grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. The National Transportation Safety Board’s says Saturday that Richard Rockefeller was …
A safety escort ahead of the over- size truck that struck and collapsed a bridge over Interstate 5 north of Seattle last year was on the phone and didn’t radio a warning about the structure’s height, a U.S. report shows. …
Federal data indicate that wind turbines are not a major cause of airplane crashes, a conclusion that doesn’t surprise a leading wind energy company. A National Transportation Safety Board database lists only two crashes in which a plane struck a …
A single-engine plane on a sightseeing tour of northern Arizona experienced a loss of engine power before it crashed, killing one person, a spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. The pilot of the Cessna 207 had been …
Safety standards to make large buses easier for passengers to escape after a crash have not been adopted 15 years after accident investigators called for new rules. A tractor-trailer truck and a bus transporting high school students collided late Thursday …
A captain’s error, compounded by confusing controls and lax safety regulations, led to the January 2013 ferry crash that injured 80 people in Lower Manhattan, federal investigators said Tuesday. National Transportation Safety Board investigators said the ferry’s captain, Jason Reimer, …
The National Transportation Safety Board is unable to determine why a helicopter crashed in a St. Paul, Minn., suburb last June, killing the pilot. Michael Kramer of St. Charles was spraying for mosquitoes in the area when the helicopter he …
The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a two-day hearing on passenger safety and emergency response aboard cruise ships. The NTSB hearing opened Tuesday in Washington with remarks from the Coast Guard and panels on regulation of cruise ships, accident …
Federal safety investigators found a leak on a natural gas pipeline next to a New York City building destroyed in a fatal explosion last week. The 8-inch main pipeline, parts of which are 120-years old, failed a pressure test, the …