Nation Mar 09 Norfolk Southern CEO faces Senate scrutiny for toxic Ohio train derailment By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris, Tommy Walters
Nation Jan 15 FAA, NTSB investigate near-miss between two planes at New York Officials are investigating a close call at a New York airport Friday night between a plane that was crossing a runway and another that was preparing for takeoff. By Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America
Nation Nov 13 Investigation underway following midair crash at Dallas air show The NTSB and FAA are investigating what caused a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane to collide and crash to the ground in a ball of flames during an air show in Dallas on Saturday. By Juan A. Lozano, Josh Funk, LM Otero, Associated Press
Nation Mar 18 NTSB: 13-year-old drove pickup in Texas crash that killed 9 The University of the Southwest students, including one from Portugal and one from Mexico, and the coach were returning from a golf tournament in Midland, Texas, when the vehicles collided Tuesday night. Two Canadian students were hospitalized in critical condition. By Jill Bleed, Anita Snow, Cesar Attonio, Associated Press
Nation Feb 09 Kobe Bryant’s helicopter pilot was disoriented in clouds, safety investigators say U.S. safety investigators said the pilot flew through clouds last year in an apparent violation of federal standards and likely became disoriented just before the helicopter crashed, killing Bryant and eight others. By Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley, Associated Press
Jan 10 Watch 2:26 Shutdown impact: FBI pay, NTSB accident investigations As federal employees affected by the shutdown miss their first paycheck of the year, the FBI Agents Association warned the shutdown could indirectly jeopardize security clearances. Also, the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates accidents around the country soon after… Continue watching
Apr 19 FAA orders inspections after Southwest jet engine explosion By David Koenig and Claudia Lauer, Associated Press U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 6:59 Solving the mystery of vanished EgyptAir Flight 804 By PBS NewsHour The mysterious disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804 and its 66 passengers somewhere over the Mediterranean Sea has left the international community scrambling for answers. For more on what could have happened to the flight, Hari Sreenivasan talks to former National… Continue watching
Jan 04 First images of doomed El Faro cargo ship released By Joshua Barajas Federal investigators released the first images Sunday of the submerged wreckage of American cargo ship El Faro that went missing after it crossed paths with a Category 4 hurricane in October. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 4:55 What we know so far about the Metrojet mystery By PBS NewsHour What downed a Russian airliner and killed 224 people on its path from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg? The cause remains far from clear. Gwen Ifill speaks to Alan Diehl, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator and author of… Continue watching