The Latest Breaking News from the National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board says a small plane appears to have struck a power line before it crashed into the Platte River in Nebraska

Cessna 180 crashed into the Platte River in Fremont, Nebraska

A family from Spain was about to celebrate the nine birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey

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.