Four Years After Fire Killed 34 People off Calif. Coast, Captain`s Trial Begins October 25, 2023 By Stefanie Dazio LOS ANGELES (AP) — By the time the scuba dive boat sank off the Southern California coast after catching fire,...
Pilot Error, Training Issues Were Factors in Alaska Crash that Killed Czech Billionaire, Report Says September 29, 2023 By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The probable cause of a heli-skiing crash in Alaska in 2021 that killed a Czech billionaire...
Infrequent Inspection of Fan Blades Led to United Jet Engine Failure in 2021, NTSB Says September 11, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — An engine on a United Airlines jet broke up over Denver in 2021 because of wear and...
Norfolk Southern Changes Policy on Overheated Bearings, Months After Ohio Derailment August 2, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the...
Montana Train Derailment Report Renews Calls for Automated Systems July 31, 2023 By Josh Funk and Sam Metz Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could...
NTSB Looking at Risk Parked Semis Posed to Greyhound Bus in Fatal Illinois Accident July 25, 2023 By Jim Salter and Helen Hollingsworth ST. LOUIS (AP) – Big rig driver David Cherno was hauling Jimmy Dean sausages on Interstate 70 when he had...
Bodies of 4 Killed in Alaska Helicopter Crash Are Recovered from Lake July 25, 2023 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three scientists on...
Gas Leaked from Bad Fitting at Pennsylvania Chocolate Factory Where 7 Died in Blast, Report Says July 19, 2023 By Michael Rubinkam Natural gas leaked from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion leveled one building, heavily...
Rail Union Says Virginia Derailment Renews Questions About Norfolk Southern’s Safety Practices July 10, 2023 By Josh Funk The union that represents locomotive engineers says a Thursday night coal train derailment in Virginia is renewing questions about Norfolk...
Norfolk Southern Says Other Companies Should Share Blame in Fiery Ohio Derailment July 7, 2023 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in...