Body of Pilot Found: Two Pilot Deaths in US on Friday
An experienced pilot was learning to fly a single-engine aircraft he had just purchased, when an apparent cockpit canopy malfunction occurred and he was ejected, reports Reuters. The copilot survived,...
View ArticleNTSB Drunk Driving Limit: Should the Limit be Lowered?
NTSB drunk driving limit: The National Transportation Safety Board voted to issue “bold recommendations” to the government, focusing on ways to crack down on drunk driving. Among the recommendations...
View ArticleNTSB Team Arrives to Investigate Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Crash
MOJAVE, Calif.—Federal accident investigators arrived Saturday to begin a probe into the cause of an accident that destroyed a prototype space tourism rocket ship during a test flight, killing one...
View ArticleMetro-North Train Crash Into SUV Happened at ‘Worrisome’ Crossing, Says Official
The railway crossing in Valhalla, N.Y., where a Metro-North train struck an SUV Tuesday leaving six dead, “has always been worrisome,” to Rob Astorino, executive of Westchester County, where Valhalla...
View ArticleTrain Explosions Show Risky Side of America’s Oil Boom
The oil and gas boom in the United States is good for energy independence, but is the transport of light sweet crude oil by rail through local cities and towns worth the risk? “U.S. Rail used to be a...
View ArticleNTSB to Probe Texas Bus Crash That Left 8 Dead, 44 Hurt
LAREDO, Texas—Federal authorities will on Sunday begin to investigate a charter bus crash in far South Texas that killed eight people and injured 44 more in a single-vehicle rollover, officials said....
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