NTSB to Issue Probable Cause of El Faro’s Sinking December 13, 2017 By JASON DEAREN Federal accident investigators on Tuesday will determine the probable cause of the sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, the...
NTSB Says Enforcement of Ag Transport Safety Laws Ineffective December 1, 2017 Three fatal crashes involving vehicles transporting migrant farmworkers have revealed the government is ineffective in enforcing agricultural transportation safety laws,...
U.S. Private Plane Fatal Crashes Lowest in 50 Years November 28, 2017 By Alan Levin The rate of fatal crashes on privately owned aircraft in the U.S. dropped to the lowest level in 50 years...
Retired Baseball Pitcher Halladay Performed Turns Before Plane Crash November 22, 2017 By TERRY SPENCER Retired star pitcher Roy Halladay sped his small sports plane low over the Gulf of Mexico minutes before his fatal...
NTSB Says Amtrak’s Lax Safety Culture Led to Deadly Crash November 16, 2017 By MICHAEL R. SISAK Amtrak’s safety culture suffered major lapses, including more than two dozen unsafe conditions at a work zone where a train...
Las Vegas Crash Highlights Risks of Sharing Road With Robots November 14, 2017 By Ryan Beene and Alan Levin It only took a few hours for the first self-driving taxi shuttling people around Las Vegas to collide with a...
NTSB: Pilot in 2016 Balloon Crash Was as Impaired as a Drunk Driver October 19, 2017 By PAUL J. WEBER The pilot in the deadliest hot air balloon crash in U.S. history was likely impaired by opioids and sedatives when...
NTSB Says Tesla Automation Contributed to 2016 Fatal Florida Crash September 13, 2017 By Alan Levin Tesla Inc.’s design of its Autopilot system contributed to a 2016 fatal crash in Florida, federal accident investigators concluded as...
American Flight Highlights Hazards Posed by Turbulence August 11, 2017 By DAVID KOENIG At some point during many flights, the captain will calmly announce that there could be some bumps ahead and so...
Coast Guard Hearing Focuses on Deadly Crab Boat Sinking August 10, 2017 A hearing into what caused a Seattle, Wash., crab boat with six people aboard to sink in the Bering Sea...