Federal investigators are expected to make new school bus safety recommendations based on fatal accidents in New Jersey and Florida last year. The National Transportation Safety Board met yesterday to consider a report on the probable cause of an accident …
Families of three Chinese teens killed in the Asiana Flight 214 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport have hired lawyers. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday that the Chinese families retained a New York firm to represent them. One …
The National Transportation Safety Board has closed its San Francisco command post, concluding the on-scene investigation into the crash-landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214. The NTSB said in a statement Monday that its investigative team has completed the examination of …
Conrail had many more reports of problems with a railroad bridge in Paulsboro, N.J., prior to its collapse than the company has disclosed to accident investigators, a company locomotive engineer testified Tuesday. The bridge collapsed in November as a freight …
The NTSB says a pilot of a plane that crashed and killed him and a passenger in New York was warned before takeoff that the craft shouldn’t be flown. Newsday says the National Transportation Safety Board report says a mechanic …
The National Transportation Safety Board is planning a hearing to gather facts about a November train derailment in New Jersey that caused a noxious gas to be released into the air. The hearing is scheduled for Washington on July 9 …
The National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet this week to determine the probable cause of a head-on train collision in the Oklahoma Panhandle. A board meeting is set for 8:30 a.m. CDT on Tuesday at National Transportation Safety Board …
The National Transportation Safety Board says two days before a train derailed in Connecticut last month and injured more than 70 people a track inspection found problems where the derailment occurred. The NTSB said Wednesday the inspection on May 15 …
The National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation for states to lower their blood-alcohol limit for drunken drivers is getting mixed reviews in Wyoming. The Safety Board voted earlier this month to recommend that the legal limit for impaired driving be lowered …
Federal investigators say an aging part fractured and caused a vintage plane to crash into the ocean off Portland Head Light last summer, killing the doctor piloting the aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board says in its report released earlier …