All the headlines from our Transportation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2022 // Evidence indicates that a helicopter that crashed in northern New Mexico after helping fight a wildfire over the weekend descended at a fast rate, with the craft ending up mangled and in pieces after first hitting the...
Jul 15 2022 // A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system,...
Jun 28 2022 // The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating a Central Texas plane crash that killed two people.Authorities say the small plane crashed near the airport in Kerrville at around 7 p.m. on Saturday....
May 31 2022 // Pilot disorientation is listed as a probable cause of the 2019 small plane crash that killed five people in south Louisiana.The Advocate reports that the National Transportation Safety Board report on the crash said the...
May 23 2022 // Federal authorities investigating a fatal crash last month near Phoenix say the helicopter went into a near vertical descent for unclear reasons when it was about to land.The National Transportation Safety Board issued its...
May 10 2022 // Federal investigators confirmed that the buildup of ice on the wings and other parts of the plane was a key factor in a 2019 crash that killed nine of 12 members of an Idaho family on board an overloaded small plane.The...
May 4 2022 // Dania, FL., May 4, 2022 — Anthony L. Johnson, Chief Executive Officer of First Light Program Managers, Inc. and Alex Moore, President of NTIS, Inc. dba NTIS Transportation Insurance Services of Las Vegas, Nevada...
Apr 8 2022 // Two people were killed April 5 when the small plane they were flying in crashed near a Central Texas airport, officials said.Those aboard the single-engine Cessna TU206H were a man and a woman, according to the Texas...
Mar 31 2022 // A plane that crashed in northern Oklahoma, killing three Nebraskans, was nearly vertical when in struck the ground, according to a preliminary report released on March 29 by the National Transportation Safety...
Mar 29 2022 // A small, four-seat, car carrying six Oklahoma teenagers reportedly failed to come to a full stop before entering an intersection where it was hit by a large truck, killing all of the teens, the National Transportation...
Feb 7 2022 // A helicopter was seen descending toward the ground in a nose-down position before it crashed near Houma, killing the pilot and a passenger, federal investigators said.The account was included Friday in the National...
Oct 25 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board issued its preliminary report on a fatal midair collision involving a helicopter and a small plane outside a suburban Phoenix airport earlier this month.The flight instructor and...
Oct 25 2021 // A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver’s seat.The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board...
Oct 11 2021 // Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators say.Other shrimpers saw the smoke and rescued all four...
Sep 27 2021 // A fatal head-on crash between barges pushed by two towboats in Louisiana was caused by inadequate communication and failure to broadcast their total sizes, the National Transportation Safety Board says.The RC Creppel...
Sep 21 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a crash of a Tesla Inc. vehicle, the second probe by the agency of a fatal accident involving the electric carmaker’s models in less than six...
Sep 16 2021 // Inaccurate stability calculations caused the capsizing of vehicle carrier Golden Ray that resulted in $200 million worth of damages, the National Transportation Safety Board said.The Marine Accident Report details the...
Aug 24 2021 // The bridge crew’s lack of attention to a cargo ship’s position let it drag anchor and hit another anchored ship and a dock last year, doing millions of dollars in damage, according to a National Transportation...
Aug 10 2021 // The Green Line train that struck a second train in Boston was traveling at 30 miles per hour, while the train that was struck was traveling at about 10 mph, according to a preliminary review of data by the National...
Jun 18 2021 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited has introduced a transportation excess liability/umbrella proprietary product helps clients reduce risks and protect them from potentially large losses.The Hub Drive Excess Liability...