Kentucky’s top transportation official has told the National Transportation Safety Board that navigation lights on bridges are working properly and that workers who inspect and maintain the lights are properly trained. The Paducah Sun reported Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Mike …
The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of a flying boat that crashed near Dewees Island last year killing two people was not properly licensed and under the influence of alcohol. The final report from federal investigators says the …
A simulated engine failure may have played a role in a small New Jersey plane crash that killed one person last month. The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report in the accident at Millville Airport on Aug. …
The National Transportation Safety Board wants to see ground collision warning systems on all large commercial airliners. The board recommended Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration require large airplanes to be equipped with collision avoidance tools, such as an on-board …
Air-traffic controllers were rattled after mistakenly flying three planes too close together in the skies near the nation’s capital, a federal report released Wednesday says, describing a chaotic scene in an airport tower during those minutes. The National Transportation Safety …
The National Transportation Safety Board says a 2011 hang glider crash in Kauai, Hawaii, that killed two people was probably caused by the flight instructor not maintaining control at low altitude, contributed by an inadvertent application of the choke lever. …
Driver fatigue and several other factors, including a lack of safety oversight, likely caused a Virginia bus crash that killed four people and injured dozens more, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The five-member board said bus driver, Kin …
Investigators say a train that partly derailed and exploded in Columbus, Ohio, was traveling below the speed limit before the crash, and its operators noticed no problems with the track as they approached the curve where it happened. The National …
The National Transportation Safety Board says trains that collided head-on last month in the Oklahoma Panhandle weren’t speeding at the time of the wreck. Three Union Pacific employees died in the June 24 accident near Goodwell. Another worker jumped to …
The National Transportation Safety Board says crew fatigue is the probable cause of a deadly train collision in southwest Iowa. A Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train slammed into a standing BNSF train near Red Oak on April 17, 2011. …