Tag: National Transportation Safety Board
Driver slowed or stopped before crash killed 13 migrants
SAN DIEGO — The driver of an SUV packed with migrants stopped or slowed before getting slammed by a tractor-trailer in one of the...
Plane backfired before crash that killed child on the ground
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A small plane sputtered and backfired even before it taxied to a takeoff that ended tragically when it slammed into...
Wreckage of helicopter crash that killed 5 found on glacier
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Transportation Safety Board announced Friday that it has recovered the wreckage from a helicopter crash north of Anchorage that...
Utah tour bus that crashed and killed 4 had previous problem
SALT LAKE CITY — A tour bus that crashed and killed four Chinese tourists near a national park in Utah in 2019 had problems...
Feds: Owners must get helicopter wreckage off Alaska slope
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed last weekend, killing five people, will have to be hoisted off a mountain by...
NTSB calls for more safety oversight of air tour operators
Federal safety officials are making another push for stricter oversight of air tour operators and hot-air balloon rides after several deadly crashes in recent...
US sends investigators to probe another Michigan Tesla crash
LANSING, Mich. — For the second time this week, the U.S. government’s road safety agency is sending a team to investigate a Tesla crash...
Feds release investigative docs on Kentucky pipeline blast
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Heat from a deadly gas pipeline explosion in Kentucky burned so hot it melted the siding on a home 1,100 feet...
Official: 3 dead in small plane crash in northeast Georgia
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A single-engine plane bound for Florida crashed after takeoff Friday evening from an airport in northeast Georgia, killing the three people...
Report faults landing of Southwest jet that overshot runway
A federal investigator says Southwest Airlines pilots on a flight into Burbank, California, overshot the ideal touchdown point and should have aborted the landing...