All the headlines from our Transportation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 28 2015 // A duck boat involved in a deadly Seattle traffic crash did not have an axle repair that was recommended for the amphibious vehicle in 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board said.NTSB member Earl Weener said...
Aug 10 2015 // Federal investigators will meet this week to determine the probable cause of the accident that injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killed one of his friends.The National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a meeting...
Jun 10 2015 // U.S. safety officials this week called on automakers to begin installing collision avoidance systems in all new passenger and commercial vehicles, saying existing technology could save lives and avoid injuries by reducing...
May 14 2015 // The New York-bound Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing seven and injuring more than 200, was traveling 106 miles per hour just before the accident, more than double the speed limit, according to U.S....
May 6 2015 // Investigators say a hoist suspended from a medical helicopter, which was carrying a nurse and patient from a Texas hiking trail, was spinning just before the nurse fell to her death.The National Transportation Safety Board...
Apr 8 2015 // Investigators of the private-jet crash that killed billionaire Lewis Katz discovered that the sports mogul’s personal pilots almost never performed the required pre-flight safety checks when shuttling their boss...
Apr 7 2015 // The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday called for the faster replacement of rail cars that carry flammable liquids like crude oil or ethanol, one of four urgent recommendations stemming from an investigation of...
Mar 26 2015 // The suspected intentional destruction of a Germanwings jet by a pilot shows the need for new protections against suicidal crew members, a threat emerging as one of the worst in modern aviation, accident investigators...
Mar 9 2015 // As the National Transportation Safety Board begins its investigation into a Delta jetliner that slid off a runway while landing during a snowstorm at LaGuardia Airport, there is no shortage of questions to pursue:How big a...
Feb 23 2015 // Federal investigators say selfies were a likely factor in a small plane crash near Denver, Colo., last year that killed two people. The National Transportation Safety Board says recordings from a GoPro camera found near...
Feb 6 2015 // The Westchester County rail crossing made Nicole Sanders anxious even before she witnessed this week’s fiery fatal collision between a commuter train and a sport- utility vehicle.“There are a whole lot of...
Feb 5 2015 // Federal investigators are trying to determine why a woman driving a Mercedes-Benz sport-utility vehicle stopped in the middle of railroad tracks, leading to the fiery crash of a New York commuter train in Westchester...
Feb 4 2015 // Federal investigators say selfies were a likely factor in a small plane crash near Denver, Colo. last year that killed two people. The National Transportation Safety Board says recordings from a GoPro camera found near the...
Feb 4 2015 // The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the fiery rush-hour crash of a New York commuter train in Westchester County that killed six people, the deadliest accident in Metro-North Railroad’s...
Feb 4 2015 // A northbound Metro-North Railroad train ferrying commuters from New York City struck a car during evening rush hour Tuesday in New York’s Westchester County, killing at least six people.Among the dead were passengers...
Jan 14 2015 // Highway regulators have failed to act on more than 100 recommendations to improve truck safety at a time when fatalities have risen for four straight years, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety...
Nov 7 2014 // The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on a train collision in northwest Arkansas that left dozens of people with minor injuries. The collision happened Oct. 16 when an Arkansas &...
Oct 30 2014 // The co-pilot of a Southwest Airlines Co. plane that crash landed at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in July 2013 said the captain put her hand on his as he was controlling the throttles and reduced the plane’s...
Oct 29 2014 // A sleep-deprived engineer nodded off at the controls of a commuter train just before taking a 30 mph curve at 82 mph, causing a derailment in the Bronx in New York City last year that killed four people and injured more...
Oct 24 2014 // Russell Staley stared out his broken windshield as darkness engulfed him and firefighters bearing chain saws cut through fallen trees to reach the passenger door of his tractor trailer.Staley had been heading north on...