NTSB Calls for More Safety Oversight of Air Tour Operators March 25, 2021 By David Koenig Federal safety officials are making another push for stricter oversight of air tour operators and hot-air balloon rides after several...
NYC Helicopter Crash Exposes Deadly Loophole for Aerial Sightseeing March 23, 2021 By Alan Levin The five people who signed up for a helicopter sightseeing flight above New York City three years ago might have...
3 Dead, 1 Hurt in Small Plane Crash in Florida Neighborhood March 17, 2021 PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) — A boy who was riding in a SUV with his mother died when a small...
How Cracks in Jet Engines Elude Exams, With Deadly Results February 25, 2021 By Alan Levin As regulators around the world order urgent inspections of certain Boeing Co. 777 engines after one failed dramatically over suburban...
‘I Thought We Were Done’: Parts Fall From Sky in Plane Scare February 22, 2021 By Gillian Flaccus and David Zalubowski BROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) — David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way...
Kobe Bryant Pilot Failed to Follow Training in Fatal Crash February 9, 2021 By Alan Levin The charter pilot who was flying basketball star Kobe Bryant last year failed to follow his training and kept going...
Bus Heading to Grand Canyon Rolls Over; One Dead, Two Critical January 25, 2021 By Jacques Billeaud and Felicia Fonseca PHOENIX (AP) — A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday,...
Safety Board: More Guidance Needed to Protect Firefighters From Electric Vehicle Fires January 14, 2021 By Jim Sams Electric vehicle manufacturers should provide more specific information to first responders and tow truck drivers on how to cope with...
Transportation Dept. Announces Railroads, Transit Systems Meet Key Safety Deadline December 30, 2020 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — The U.S. Transportation Department announced Tuesday that anti-derailment technology positive train control, or PTC, is in operation on...
NTSB: Safety Processes Failed in Crash That Killed 7 Bikers December 3, 2020 By Michael Casey Systems meant to keep motorists safe failed to prevent a pickup driver on drugs from crashing last year into an...