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Families outraged after US Navy refuses to salvage sunken fishing vessel and retrieve the six people who died aboard

Though some relatives insist raising the vessel is the only way to find answers, others support leaving the wreckage untouched

The Independent UK

Fed probe suggests Tesla's self-driving feature wasn't to blame in crash that killed a grandmother

Federal safety investigators say the driver of a runaway Tesla that killed a grandmother in her home last month had pressed the accelerator to full speed, suggesting the vehicle’s self-driving software was not to blame

The Independent UK

Boeing told UPS that engine flaw wasn’t flight safety risk before 15 died, officials claim

The plane crashed last fall while accelerating down the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport, killing killed all three pilots and 12 people on the ground

The Independent UK

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A look at recent deadly aviation accidents in the US

Three different models of aircraft have crashed in recent days in the U.S., killing 21 people in Missouri, California and Texas and leading to federal investigations into the causes

The Independent UK

Skydiving plane crash investigations often reveal poor maintenance and weak safety oversight

Poor maintenance is often a factor when skydiving planes crash, like one did in Missouri on Sunday, and the National Transportation Safety Board has said in past investigations that weak oversight of the industry can allow problems to go unnoticed

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After 12 die, focus turns to safety failures uncovered in past skydiving crash investigations

The Independent UK

Plane carrying passengers hoping to skydive crashes in Missouri, killing 12

Missouri plane crash: A plane carrying skydivers crashed near Butler, Missouri. All twelve people on board died. The aircraft was taking passengers up for a skydiving trip. Emergency responders found the plane engulfed in fire. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident. The plane was a Pacific Aerospace…

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NTSB says fiery 2024 North Dakota derailment proves the need to replace flawed tank cars

A fiery North Dakota derailment that happened two years ago demonstrated yet again why the National Transportation Safety Board has been urging the rail industry for decades to replace the flawed tank cars that tend to rupture in a crash

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Virginia wedding turns tragic after road crash kills 5 including family of 4 travelling to attend ceremony

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, a monthslong task separate from the work of state police.

The Economic Times

New video shows how close United flight came to disaster as wheels skim truck in Newark landing

Federal officials are investigating the incident, which miraculously did not result in any major injuries or deaths

The Independent UK

221 passengers on United Flight 169 walked away unharmed after crash, but the truck driver caught under its landing gear didn’t

United Airlines Flight 169 from Venice, Italy, struck a bakery delivery truck and a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike during its landing at Newark Liberty International Airport on May 3, 2026. While all 221 passengers and 10 crew members walked away unharmed, the truck driver suffered minor injuries.

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‘God was looking after them’: Bakery truck driver sings happily on morning drive, then United Airlines flight slams into him

‘How low can you go’ should not apply to planes.

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Firefighter heard ‘stop, stop, stop’ before LaGuardia plane crash but got confused, NTSB report says

The frantic warning came after an air traffic controller had cleared the truck to cross the runway

The Independent UK

School buses should all have alcohol tests to avoid drunken driving, NTSB recommends

The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that all new school buses should be equipped with alcohol detection systems to ensure drivers are not intoxicated

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Revised House aviation safety bill wins NTSB support, but victims' families demand tougher timelines

A revised version of the House's aviation safety bill now has the backing of the National Transportation Safety Board, but the families of the 67 victims of last year's midair collision near Washington, D.C., still want to see tougher requirements to ensure the reforms are implemented

The Independent UK

NTSB chair slams House aviation bill as 'watered-down' after 67 deaths near Washington

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it’s misleading for members of the House to say their package of aviation safety reforms would address the recommendations that her agency made in January to prevent another midair collision like the one last year near Washington, D.C., that killed…

Roll Call

Panels unveil aviation safety text as House sets vote on Senate bill

Two House panels released a bill that includes language to require military helicopters to install and use location data technology.

The Independent UK

Three flight attendants severely injured after air traffic controller failed to warn of turbulence, report says

The report, by the National Transportation Safety Board, says the incident happened on a flight arriving at Newark from Los Angeles

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NTSB arrives to investigate Maine plane crash that killed 6

The National Transportation Safety Board is arriving to begin investigating at a Maine airport where a business jet crashed during takeoff, killing all six people on board

The Times of India

Private jet crashes in US: 7 killed, 1 severely injured; aircraft went down shortly after takeoff

At least seven people were killed and a crew member survived with serious injuries after a private business jet crashed during takeoff amid a snowstorm at Bangor International Airport in the US state of Maine on Sunday night.

The Independent UK

Investigators to reveal causes of deadly midair crash over Washington that killed 67

A total of 67 people died in a crash between an airliner and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., on January 29

The Independent UK

A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times before on different planes

The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a flaw in the part that failed and contributed to the engine flying off a UPS plane before it crashed and killed 15 in November but at that point the planemaker didn’t believe it threatened safety

Roll Call

Reagan National airport safety looms as appropriations issue - Roll Call

Sens. Cruz and Cantwell want Congress to delete a provision in the NDAA that they say would undermine safety at Reagan National airport.

The Independent UK

NTSB describes final moments of flight that killed missionary father and daughter in Florida crash

The National Transportation Safety Board described the fatal Nov. 10 flight that killed a Christian missionary father and his daughter in its preliminary report

The Independent UK

NTSB set to vote on probable cause of cargo ship crash into Baltimore bridge, causing its collapse

The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on its findings into what caused a massive container ship to crash last year into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers

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