Metro submits test plan to safety commission
A Metro official on Thursday said the transit agency has submitted a test plan to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, putting it one step closer to returning its newest railcars to service...
View ArticleNTSB issues safety alert to subways, rail over wheel defect
The 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...
View ArticleNTSB issues safety alert to rail transit agencies to check their wheelsets
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday issued a safety alert to rail transit agencies nationwide to check their fleets for a wheelset problem that caused a Metro train in the District to...
View ArticleCrash that killed four at Navy site in Hawaii under investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation into a helicopter crash at a Navy missile facility in Hawaii that killed four civilian contractors Tuesday.The helicopter, a Sikorsky...
View ArticleSafety agency opens probe of Norfolk Southern rail accidents
OMAHA, Neb. — Federal investigators are opening a wide-ranging investigation into one of the nation’s biggest railroads following a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month and...
View Article10,000 bridges similar to Pittsburgh one that collapsed should be checked for...
Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge want transportation officials nationwide to examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar construction to ensure they don't have the...
View ArticlePlane that flew over Washington, D.C. crashed almost straight down at high...
An unresponsive business jet that flew off course over the nation's capital plunged in a “near-vertical descent” into a Virginia mountain at a “high velocity” before bursting into flames, according to...
View ArticleFirefighters struggled to identify the toxic freight in fiery Ohio train...
OMAHA, Neb. — Firefighters who responded to February's fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to communicate with each other and were unable to quickly identify the hazardous chemicals the train was...
View ArticleNTSB hearing focuses on equipment that failed before fiery Ohio derailment
OMAHA, Neb. — Equipment that failed before a freight train hauling toxic chemicals derailed in eastern Ohio is the focus Friday on the second day of a rare federal hearing in the small town closest to...
View ArticleNew rules for repurposed WWII-era duck boats aim to improve safety on 16 in...
Five years after 17 people died when a duck boat sank on a Missouri lake, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued new rules for the amphibious World War II vessels retrofitted for tourist excursions.But the...
View ArticleFederal investigators subpoena Pennsylvania agency for records related to...
Federal safety investigators issued a subpoena to Pennsylvania’s public utility regulator on Monday for documents related to a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory, escalating a months-long legal...
View ArticleFederal accident investigators want all new cars to warn drivers if they're...
DETROIT — Federal accident investigators want automakers to install systems on all new vehicles that warn drivers when they go over the speed limit, and it is asking regulators to figure out how states...
View ArticleDoomed Philadelphia news helicopter hit trees fast, broke up, then burned,...
SHAMONG, N.J. — A Philadelphia television news helicopter returning from an assignment photographing Christmas lights earlier this week plunged into a southern New Jersey forest “at very high speed,”...
View ArticleD.C. Metro train derailment in 2021 due to 'poor safety culture': Federal...
WASHINGTON — A top federal transportation safety official on Thursday harshly criticized Washington’s regional transit agency, saying a “poor safety culture” led to an October 2021 derailment that...
View ArticleBoeing plane that suffered inflight blowout was restricted because of concern...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit...
View ArticleWarning light that could have indicated pressurization problems had...
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit...
View ArticleInvestigation into why a panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet focuses on...
The extended grounding of some Boeing 737 Max jetliners is adding to pressure on Boeing and the subcontractor that made the fuselage and installed a panel that blew out leaving a gaping hole in an...
View ArticleAirlines say they found loose parts in door panels during inspections of...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal investigators say a door panel slid up before flying off an Alaska Airlines jetliner last week, and they are looking at whether four bolts that were supposed to help hold...
View Article40 Boeing jets have been inspected as investigations continue into midair...
Federal officials have briefed a congressional committee on their investigations into a jetliner that lost a panel of its fuselage in midflight this month and revealed that airlines have inspected 40...
View ArticleRailroads announcing changes to reduce derailments after fiery Ohio crash
OMAHA, Neb. — The changes railroads announced after last year's fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress.A few key...
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