Latest Transportation Headlines

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Safety Officials and NBC Exec Push for More Oversight of Charter Flights

Dec 28 2006 // Travelers who pay a premium for the convenience of charter air travel could unknowingly end up on a flight operated without direct federal oversight.That fact — along with an effort to change it — is central to a...

National Advantage Offers Market for Calif. Transportation Risks

Oct 25 2006 // Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., has added a new admitted market for business auto and/or trucking risks available to California transportation insurance brokers. The carrier is Lincoln...

Safety Board Reports Transportation Fatalities Up in 2005

Sep 18 2006 // Transportation fatalities in the United States increased last year, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board.Deaths from transportation accidents in the United States in...

Federal Agency Questions Safety of Buses for Special Needs Patients

Aug 9 2006 // Federal officials, prompted by a bus fire that killed 23 nursing home residents, are examining whether buses are safe for people with special needs.The National Transportation Safety Board is seeking answers to the...

Safety Board: Ethan Allen Capsizing Caused By Too Many Passengers

Jul 26 2006 // The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the capsizing of the Ethan Allen on New York’s Lake George last October was the vessel’s insufficient stability to resist the...

Toll Plazas Present Serious Highway Danger, Feds Warn

Apr 20 2006 // The most dangerous place on the highway is the toll plaza, say federal safety investigators who are urging changes to reduce accidents like one that claimed eight lives in Illinois.Thirty states, including Oklahoma, have...

Safety Board: Baltimore Water Taxi in Accident Was Overloaded

Mar 10 2006 // Americans’ expanding waistlines were a factor in the capsizing of a Baltimore water taxi that killed five people in 2004, a trend that has led to other deadly transportation accidents, the government said.The...

NTSB Acting Chairman Emphasizes Board’s Role in General Aviation Safety

Feb 15 2006 // National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark Rosenker this week reiterated the Safety Board’s commitment to the safety of the general aviation community.“Having a safe and efficient aviation...

Feds Seek to Prevent Air Ambulance Crashes But Question is How

Jan 26 2006 // The 55 air ambulance accidents over the past three years didn’t have to happen, and federal safety investigators say they want to prevent future crashes with better pilot training, night vision goggles and crash...

Midway Accident Prompts Questions About Short Runways

Dec 19 2005 // A New Federal Law Encourages Airports to Build Safety Zones or Extend Runways by 2015A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy Chicago runway on Dec. 8 brought renewed demands for buffer zones or...

Midway Accident Prompts Questions About Short Runways

Dec 18 2005 // A New Federal Law Encourages Airports to Build Safety Zones or Extend Runways by 2015A deadly accident in which a Boeing 737 slid off the end of a snowy Chicago runway on Dec. 8 brought renewed demands for buffer zones or...

NTSB Chairman to Speak at Md. Town Hall Meeting Focusing on Teen Driving Deaths

Dec 16 2004 // National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman Conners will speak to Washington, D.C. area parents about teen driving safety at a town hall meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m.“In Maryland, teen...

NTSB Backs Greater Oversight of Drivers with High-Risk Medical Conditions

Nov 11 2004 // In a report adopted this week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that certain medical conditions can increase a driver’s accident risk and are incompatible with unrestricted operation of motor...