After Hawaii crash, NTSB calls for inspection of helicopters
December 2, 2022 GMTFederal officials investigating a helicopter crash in Hawaii are urging U.S. and Canadian regulators to require immediate inspections of Bell helicopters that are commonly used by air tour operators, law enforcement and air ambulances.
Safety board recommends new measures for Alaska air tours
November 30, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) —
Federal accident investigators say the government should issue regulations to improve the safety of air tours in part of Alaska where seven sightseeing planes have crashed since 2007, killing 31 people.
Canada’s transport safety agency: plane overshoots runway
November 26, 2022 GMTTORONTO (AP) — Canada’s transportation safety agency is investigating after a plane overshot the runway at an airport west of Toronto on Friday.
The Transportation Safety Board said a Boeing 737 belonging to Flair Airlines overran the runway after landing at Waterloo International Airport in Waterloo, Ontario.
Some recent fatal crashes involving vintage aircraft
November 14, 2022 GMTThe collision between two World War II-era military planes at a Dallas air show on Saturday was the latest in a long list of crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes.
Some recent fatal crashes involving vintage aircraft
November 12, 2022 GMTSaturday’s collision between two World War II-era military planes at a Dallas air show was the latest in a long list of crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes.
Egypt: 10 killed in truck-minibus collision in Nile Delta
October 25, 2022 GMTCAIRO (AP) — A truck slammed into a minibus in Egypt's fertile Nile Delta region early on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, authorities said. Officials blamed speeding for the crash; local media said women and children were among those killed.
NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use
September 20, 2022 GMTDETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving.
Report: Tesla driver lost scholarship before fiery crash
September 14, 2022 GMTMIAMI (AP) — A 20-year-old Tesla driver who died with a passenger in a fiery, high-speed crash on a residential South Florida street last year might have been upset after learning he had lost a scholarship, federal investigators said.
Victims of floatplane crash included activist, winemaker
September 7, 2022 GMTWHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — A civil rights activist, a business owner, a lawyer, an engineer and the founder of a winery and his family were on the floatplane that crashed in the waters of Washington state's Puget Sound, killing 10.
Officials: 3 killed after planes collided in California
August 19, 2022 GMTWATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Three people and a dog were killed after two small planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a rural airport, authorities said Friday.
The names of those killed after their planes crashed Thursday at the Watsonville Municipal Airport will be released once their families have been notified, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Vehicle accident in southern Egypt kills 9, injures 18
August 13, 2022 GMTCAIRO (AP) — A vehicle accident involving an overturned microbus in southern Egypt killed at least nine people and injured 18, authorities said Saturday.
The crash took place Friday when the passenger vehicle overturned following a tire blowout on a highway in Minya province 273 kilometers (170 miles) south of the capital Cairo, provincial authorities said in a statement.
17 killed, 4 injured in vehicle collision in southern Egypt
August 3, 2022 GMTCAIRO (AP) — A vehicle collision in southern Egypt has killed at least 17 people, and left four others injured, authorities said on Wednesday.
The crash took place late Tuesday when a passenger microbus collided with a truck on a highway in the district of Juhaynah in Sohag province, 390 kilometers (244 miles) south of the capital Cairo, provincial authorities said.
Bus rams into truck in southern Egypt, killing 23 people
July 19, 2022 GMTCAIRO (AP) — A passenger bus slammed into a parked trailer truck on a highway in southern Egypt early on Tuesday, killing 23 people and injuring at least 30, authorities said.
The crash took place in the province of Minya, on the main highway linking the capital, Cairo, with the country’s south.
8 killed, 44 injured in car crash in southern Egypt
July 7, 2022 GMTCAIRO (AP) — Eight people were killed and 44 injured in a car crash on Thursday near Egypt's southern province of Aswan, the state-run news agency reported.
The crash took place in the early morning when a passenger bus collided with a truck, on a highway linking Awsan to Abu Simbel, the seat of the ancient temples of Ramses II, MENA said.
Hyundai recalls 239,000 cars for exploding seat belt parts
May 24, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Hyundai is recalling 239,000 cars in the U.S. because the seat belt pretensioners can explode and injure vehicle occupants. Three injuries have been reported, two in the U.S. and one in Singapore.
Hawaii helicopter crash that killed 7 was ’100% preventable’
May 10, 2022 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — Federal investigators blamed a deadly 2019 helicopter crash in Hawaii on the pilot’s decision to keep flying into worsening weather, and in a report Tuesday they accused regulators of lax oversight of air tours that are popular among tourists to the islands.
Bus crash near Egypt’s Red Sea kills 3, including 2 Poles
April 8, 2022 GMTCAIRO (AP) — At least three people including two Polish tourists were killed when a bus crashed on a highway near the Red Sea, Egypt's state-owned MENA news agency reported.
The bus was carrying 21 people, including 19 Polish tourists when it rolled over on the highway linking the two ports of Safaga and al-Qoseir on Thursday, MENA said.
Witnesses say fatal Hawaii flight was flying near mountain
March 29, 2022 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — U.S. safety regulators said Tuesday that a small plane that crashed in Hawaii earlier this month and killed two men on board had been flying close to a mountain in poor weather.
The National Transportation Safety Board said witnesses told police that just before the accident on the island of Kauai, they saw an airplane flying low and close to a mountain in poor weather conditions.
EXPLAINER: Driver in Texas crash was 13; is that legal?
March 18, 2022 GMTFrom the logging roads of the Pacific Northwest to the farm country of the Great Plains and beyond, it's not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they're young, sometimes even before they reach their teens.
EXPLAINER: Driver in Texas crash was 13; is that legal?
March 18, 2022 GMTFrom the logging roads of the Pacific Northwest to the farm country of the Great Plains and beyond, it's not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they're young, sometimes even before they reach their teens.
Agency: Hawaii helicopter nose dived before crash killed 4
March 9, 2022 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that a helicopter that crashed in Hawaii last month and killed all four people on board nose-dived from 200 feet (60 meters) above ground after it unexpectedly stopped while making a shallow left turn.
Fed review cites high speed in turnpike crash that killed 5
February 8, 2022 GMTExcessive speed probably caused a bus crash that killed five and injured dozens during lightly falling snow on the Pennsylvania Turnpike two years ago, federal investigators said Tuesday.
NTSB chief to fed agency: Stop using misleading statistics
January 18, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — With traffic fatalities spiking higher, the nation’s top safety investigator says a widely cited government statistic that 94% of serious crashes are solely due to driver error is misleading and that the Transportation Department should stop using it.
NTSB: Distracted driver caused deadly crash between SUV, bus
December 17, 2021 GMTBELTON, S.C. (AP) — The driver of an SUV in South Carolina was distracted by her cell phone when she crossed the center line of a South Carolina highway and crashed into a bus carrying people with disabilities and special needs, causing two deaths, the U.S.
NTSB issues safety alert to subways, rail over wheel defect
December 1, 2021 GMTThe National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday issued a safety alert to subway systems and commuter railroads over a wheelset problem that led to a derailment in the nation’s capital, saying the defect is difficult to detect and potentially devastating.
Amtrak to resume service on bypass 4 years after derailment
November 10, 2021 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — Amtrak Cascades will resume service Nov. 18 on the Point Defiance bypass between Tacoma and Olympia, nearly four years after a deadly derailment there.
The first train to use the bypass is scheduled to leave Seattle at 7:22 a.m.
NTSB: Brake system issue probable cause in 2019 plane crash
November 3, 2021 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The braking system on a plane carrying 42 people that overran a runway at an Alaska airport in 2019, killing one, was compromised by anti-skid sensors that were not correctly wired, the National Transportation Safety Board determined Tuesday.
Limited service on DC Metro to extend through November
October 22, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Commuters in the Washington area will face longer waits for Metro trains through at least the end of the month and probably longer, as more than half the fleet of train cars will remain out of service over safety issues.
NTSB: Driver was behind wheel at time of Texas Tesla crash
October 21, 2021 GMTDETROIT (AP) — A driver was behind the wheel when a Tesla electric car crashed and burned last April near Houston, killing two men, neither of whom was found in the driver's seat.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board announced the findings in an investigative report update released Thursday on the April 17 crash on a residential road in Spring, Texas.
DC suspends most of its Metro trains over safety issue
October 19, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's regional Metro system abruptly pulled more than half its fleet of trains from service early Monday morning over a lingering problem with the wheels and axles that caused a dramatic derailing last week.
US agency releases report aimed at Alaska aviation safety
October 15, 2021 GMTJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A federal report aimed at improving aviation safety in Alaska recommends improvements in providing weather information to pilots and continued work to update maps with information on mountain passes, among other steps.
Small plane with 3 aboard crashes in northern Wisconsin
September 28, 2021 GMTEAGLE RIVER, Wis. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash that happened just before noon Tuesday in northern Wisconsin.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Emma Duncan said three people were on board the twin-engine Rockwell 690B when it crashed in a swamp 12 miles (19 kilometers) east of Eagle River.
NTSB chief: focus on road safety must shift to entire system
September 13, 2021 GMTDETROIT (AP) — The new chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board wants governments and businesses to change the way they look at highway safety, considering the whole system rather than individual driver behavior.
US agency: Fatal tour bus crash shows safety shortcomings
June 3, 2021 GMTSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tour bus crash that threw more than a dozen people onto a remote Utah highway in 2019, killing four Chinese tourists, highlights a lack of safety standards for bus roofs and windows, U.S.
NTSB: Tesla owner got into driver’s seat before deadly crash
May 10, 2021 GMTDETROIT (AP) — Home security camera footage shows that the owner of a Tesla got into the driver's seat of the car shortly before a deadly crash in suburban Houston, according to a government report Monday...
21 killed, 3 injured when bus, truck crash in southern Egypt
April 14, 2021 GMTCAIRO (AP) — A bus overturned while trying to pass a truck on a highway in southern Egypt on Tuesday, causing a collision that killed at least 21 people and injured three others, authorities said...
Aggressive takeoff caused Hawaii plane crash that killed 11
April 13, 2021 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — A pilot's aggressive takeoff led to an aerodynamic stall, causing the 2019 crash of a skydiving plane in Hawaii that killed all 11 people on board, government safety investigators have determined...
NTSB calls for more safety oversight of air tour operators
March 24, 2021 GMTFederal safety officials are making another push for stricter oversight of air tour operators and hot-air balloon rides after several deadly crashes in recent years...
Investigators: Throttle problem suspected in Indonesia crash
February 10, 2021 GMTJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, resulting in the Boeing 737-500's crash into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday...
US officials: Pilot error caused Kobe Bryant chopper crash
February 9, 2021 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot who crashed the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, killing all nine aboard, made a series of poor decisions that led him to fly blindly into a wall of clouds where he became so disoriented he thought he was climbing when the craft was plunging toward a Southern California hillside, federal safety officials said Tuesday...
NTSB seeks flight instructor monitoring after deadly crash
January 8, 2021 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — Federal safety investigators said Thursday that the pilot of a skydiving plane that crashed in 2019, killing all 11 people on board, had not received training to become a competent pilot...
Major rail safety technology installed before deadline
December 29, 2020 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday...
Probe: Kobe Bryant pilot may have become disoriented in fog
June 18, 2020 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, reported the aircraft was ascending when it actually was heading for the ground, federal investigators said in documents released Wednesday...
Safety board asks helicopter makers to install ‘black boxes’
June 2, 2020 GMTFederal safety investigators bypassed aviation regulators on Tuesday and urged leading helicopter manufacturers to install so-called black boxes that would help determine the cause of crashes such as the one that killed former NBA star Kobe Bryant.
NTSB: Tesla Autopilot, distracted driver caused fatal crash
February 25, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Tesla’s partially automated driving system steered an electric SUV into a concrete barrier on a Silicon Valley freeway because it was operating under conditions it couldn't handle and because the driver likely was distracted by playing a game on his smartphone, the National Transportation Safety Board has found...
New US plan keeps autonomous vehicle standards voluntary
January 8, 2020 GMTThe Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its most recent round of guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers that rely on voluntary standards despite calls for specific regulations...
Seattle transit agency removes safety officer after crash
December 5, 2019 GMTSEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — Seattle's transit agency has removed its top safety officer as a result of a fatal 2017 train derailment...
Road-safety regulator rapped over regulating autonomous cars
November 20, 2019 GMTThe nation’s road-safety regulator is under fire again for what critics call lax oversight of tests involving autonomous vehicles...
Safety agency says distracted driver caused fatal Uber crash
November 19, 2019 GMTThe National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday condemned the lack of state and federal regulation for testing autonomous vehicles before finding that a distracted human safety driver was the main cause of a fatal 2018 Arizona crash involving an Uber vehicle...
NTSB: Coast Guard ignored duck boat safety proposals
November 13, 2019 GMTST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal transportation safety investigators criticized the U.S. Coast Guard Wednesday for ignoring suggestions over nearly two decades to improve tourist duck boats, changes they say might have prevented last year's Missouri accident that killed 17 people...
Safety board: Boeing should reconsider pilots’ response time
September 26, 2019 GMTPilots flying the two Boeing 737 Max jets that crashed in the past year were bombarded by multiple warnings that the flights were going dangerously wrong...
Safety agency calls for tighter skydiving flight rules
June 25, 2019 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board on Monday called on the Federal Aviation Administration to tighten its regulations governing parachute operations as Hawaii officials released the names of seven of the 11 victims killed when their skydiving plane crashed last week...
Skydiving plane in Hawaii crash had scary 2016 mishap
June 23, 2019 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — A skydiving plane that crashed in Hawaii, killing 11 people, was involved in a terrifying midair incident three years ago in Northern California that prompted the 14 skydivers aboard to jump earlier than planned to safety, according to government investigative records...
The Latest: Investigators: Human error caused Amtrak crash
May 21, 2019 GMTSEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on a National Transportation Safety Board meeting about a fatal Amtrak derailment south of Seattle (all times local):...
Indonesia safety board denies leaking Lion Air probe details
March 22, 2019 GMTJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's transportation safety board denied on Thursday that it leaked details from its probe into the crash of a Lion Air flight in October...
Connecticut lawmakers considering expanding seatbelt law
March 4, 2019 GMTHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's Department of Public Health is recommending state lawmakers require everyone riding in a vehicle to wear a seatbelt...
Report faults safety failures, defects in Lion Air crash
November 28, 2018 GMTJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pilots fought against an automated system that pitched a Boeing jetliner's nose down repeatedly because of a faulty sensor until they finally lost control and plunged into the Java Sea last month, Indonesian investigators said Wednesday...
NTSB: Crash-preventing safety system was being installed
February 5, 2018 GMTCAYCE, S.C. (AP) — Railway signals were out while crews installed a safety system that could have prevented the exact type of crash that killed two people in South Carolina when an Amtrak train was diverted to a side track and slammed head-on into an empty freight train, authorities said Monday...
APNewsBreak: 298 die in rail crashes system could’ve stopped
December 22, 2017 GMTNearly 300 people have died in train crashes that could have been prevented if railroads across the U...
Witness account highlights dangers of texting while driving
April 1, 2017 GMTHOUSTON (AP) — A witness says the driver of a pickup truck that collided with a church minibus in rural Texas, killing 13 people, acknowledged he had been texting while driving — highlighting the dangers of sending messages on smartphones while behind the wheel.