Poor Condition of Wreckage Will Slow Plane Crash Probe December 31, 2019 The lack of a distress call and flight data recorder coupled with mangled and charred wreckage will make finding the...
Pilot in Fatal Atlas Crash Had Repeated Flight-Test Failures December 20, 2019 By Alan Levin A pilot on a jet carrying Amazon.com Inc. packages that crashed near Houston in February had a record of repeatedly...
Teen Tesla Driver’s 100 MPH-Plus Speed Cited in Deadly Crash December 20, 2019 By Alan Levin A speeding teenage driver caused the fatal crash of a Tesla Inc. vehicle in Florida in 2018 and the subsequent...
NYC Helicopter Ride Sparked Safety Concern Months Before Fatal Crash December 11, 2019 By Alan Levin A government safety inspector who saw a popular New York City, doors-off sightseeing helicopter flight operation six months before a...
Tesla on Autopilot Rear-Ends Parked Police Car in Connecticut December 9, 2019 By Chester Dawson Another Tesla Inc. vehicle operating on the carmaker’s driver-assistance system branded as Autopilot has crashed into a emergency vehicle parked...
Fatal Self-Driving Uber Crash Prompts Call for Tighter Oversight November 20, 2019 The National Transportation Safety Board concluded its first investigation of a fatal crash involving an autonomous test vehicle by issuing...
Boeing Says It’s Fixing 737 NG Part NTSB Wants Redesigned November 19, 2019 By Alan Levin The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that the Boeing Co. 737 NG be redesigned to prevent a repeat...
NTSB: Coast Guard Ignored Duck Boat Safety Proposals November 15, 2019 By Jim Salter ST. LOUIS — Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades...
Self-Driving Uber in Crash Wasn’t Programmed to Spot Jaywalkers November 6, 2019 By Ryan Beene and Alan Levin Uber Technologies Inc.’s self-driving test car that struck and killed a pedestrian last year wasn’t programmed to recognize and react...
Rate of Alaska Fatal Plane Crashes Tops National Average November 5, 2019 By Jim Sams JUNEAU, Alaska — The rate of fatal airplane crashes in Alaska is higher than the national average, according to the...