Train Safety Move Delayed Decades September 4, 2013 By JOAN LOWY Despite a rash of deadly train crashes, the railroad industry’s allies in Congress are trying to push back the deadline...
Civil Aviation Accidents in the U.S. Declined in 2012: NTSB August 9, 2013 The National Transportation Safety Board today released preliminary aviation accident statistics showing U.S. civil aviation accidents fell from 1,550 in...
NTSB Recommends Technology That Allows Cars to Communicate Be Required July 25, 2013 By JOAN LOWY The government should set performance standards for new safety technology that allows cars and trucks to talk to each other...
New School Bus Safety Recommendations Expected July 24, 2013 By JOAN LOWY Federal investigators are expected to make new school bus safety recommendations based on fatal accidents in New Jersey and Florida...
Chinese Families of Air Crash Victims Hire Lawyers July 22, 2013 By TERRY COLLINS Families of three Chinese teens killed in the Asiana Flight 214 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport have hired...
NTSB Closes San Francisco Command Post July 17, 2013 The National Transportation Safety Board has closed its San Francisco command post, concluding the on-scene investigation into the crash-landing of...
Witness: Collapsed New Jersey Train Bridge Problem-Plagued July 12, 2013 By JOAN LOWY Conrail had many more reports of problems with a railroad bridge in Paulsboro, N.J., prior to its collapse than the...
NTSB: Pilot Warned Plane Wasn’t Flight Worthy July 2, 2013 The NTSB says a pilot of a plane that crashed and killed him and a passenger in New York was...
NTSB to Hold Hearing on New Jersey Derailment June 27, 2013 The National Transportation Safety Board is planning a hearing to gather facts about a November train derailment in New Jersey...
NTSB Hearing Set on Cause of Oklahoma Train Collision June 17, 2013 The National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet this week to determine the probable cause of a head-on train collision...