Report: Additional FAA Efforts Could Mitigate Safety Risks October 5, 2012 Though the number of non-fatal and fatal general aviation accidents decreased between 1999 and 2011, there were still more than...
Kentucky Tells Feds of Steps Taken on Collapsed Bridge September 26, 2012 Kentucky’s top transportation official has told the National Transportation Safety Board that navigation lights on bridges are working properly and...
NTSB: Pilot Not Licensed in South Carolina Flying Boat Crash September 19, 2012 The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilot of a flying boat that crashed near Dewees Island last year killing...
Report: Simulated Stall Before Fatal New Jersey Crash September 12, 2012 A simulated engine failure may have played a role in a small New Jersey plane crash that killed one person...
NTSB: Anti-Collision Aids Needed for Large Planes September 7, 2012 By JENNIFER C. KERR The National Transportation Safety Board wants to see ground collision warning systems on all large commercial airliners. The board recommended...
Close-Plane Mishap Rattled Air Traffic Controllers September 7, 2012 Air-traffic controllers were rattled after mistakenly flying three planes too close together in the skies near the nation’s capital, a...
NTSB: Choke Lever Contributed to Kauai Crash August 20, 2012 The National Transportation Safety Board says a 2011 hang glider crash in Kauai, Hawaii, that killed two people was probably...
NTSB: Driver Fatigue Factor in Fatal Virginia Bus Crash August 2, 2012 By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Driver fatigue and several other factors, including a lack of safety oversight, likely caused a Virginia bus crash that killed...
Team Looking for Ohio Train Crash Cause Eyes Rails July 13, 2012 Investigators say a train that partly derailed and exploded in Columbus, Ohio, was traveling below the speed limit before the...
NTSB Says Trains Not Speeding Before Oklahoma Wreck July 10, 2012 The National Transportation Safety Board says trains that collided head-on last month in the Oklahoma Panhandle weren’t speeding at the...