The Latest Breaking News from the National Transportation Safety Board

Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife and their three children were among six people killed when the helicopter plunged into the Hudson River

Woman who lives in house set alight in crash was walking her dog at the time, while her husband managed to escape unscathed through kitchen

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says if investigators were able to quickly find alarming data about the number of close calls in the years before the fatal midair collision over the nation’s capital in January, then aviation safety regulators should have recognized the problem

The NTSB identified bridges with ‘unknown levels’ of collapse risk including famous landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in California, and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York

The National Transportation Safety Board says a commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska and killed all 10 people on board was half a ton overweight for the known or possible weather conditions in the area

The National Transportation Safety Board issued “urgent recommendations” after finding thousands of close passes near Washington's airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board says a cockpit voice recorder was not working on a medical transport plane that crashed in Philadelphia in January and likely had not been working for several years

This year’s 16 fatal accidents fall below average rate of 20 per month, yet recent crashes were US’s deadliest in a decade

In 2025, there is a concerning increase in plane crashes, including a recent Delta incident in Toronto. Investigations are currently underway.

Last month, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D

NTSB announced investigators have successfully recovered critical flight records from the fatal crash between a Black Hawk helicopter and passenger plane.