Boeing 737 in Alaska Air Accident Was Missing Bolts, US Says February 8, 2024 By Alan Levin A dramatic accident on an Alaska Airlines flight last month was apparently triggered by a door plug that hadn’t been...
NTSB Issues Report on 2019 Kentucky Pipeline Explosion September 16, 2022 A 2019 pipeline explosion that resulted in one death and the destruction of five homes in Kentucky happened when the...
Inspections Again Recommended by NTSB After Sinking of Fishing Boat September 16, 2022 By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE A fishing vessel that sank in New England, resulting in the loss of all four fishermen, likely capsized because of...
NTSB, FAA Agree to Lead Investigations of Space Travel Accidents September 12, 2022 Two federal agencies agreed Friday which one will lead investigations of accidents in the nascent commercial space business that includes...
Pilot Error, Overloading to Blame for Michigan Crash That Killed 5 September 12, 2022 Federal investigators blame pilot error and an overloaded aircraft for a 2019 plane crash near a Michigan airport that killed...
Safety Chief Objects to Use of Driver Error Statistic She Says Is Misleading January 20, 2022 By HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER With traffic fatalities spiking higher, the nation’s top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious...
U.S. Safety Board Says Current Air Cargo Safety Rules for Lithium Batteries Pose Danger June 9, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday urged strengthening air cargo shipping requirements for prototype and low-production lithium-ion...
New York Limo Crash Investigators Still Working to Identify Cause February 14, 2019 By Mary Esch The National Transportation Safety Board’s probe of a fatal limousine crash in upstate New York has not yet identified a...
Pilot in Deadly California House Crash Was Disciplined February 12, 2019 The pilot whose plane broke apart and crashed into a Southern California home, killing five people, was disciplined for dangerous...
Witnesses Say Plane Came Down in Multiple Pieces in California February 7, 2019 By AMY TAXIN A former crash investigator said he’s confident officials will figure out why a small plane broke apart in the air...