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US investigators ask Boeing for battery history
U.S. investigators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion batteries used in its grounded 787 ...
NTSB: Boeing 787 battery shows short-circuiting
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner battery that caught fire earlier this month in Boston shows evidence of short-circuiting and a chemical reaction known as ...
Bus driver to serve 6 years for deadly Va. Crash
The driver of a bus that crashed on Interstate 95 in Virginia, killing four passengers and injuring dozens, was sentenced Wednesday to spend six years ...
NTSB: Plane battery that burned not overcharged
The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 in Boston earlier this month was not overcharged, but government investigators said there ...
NY captain: Ferry suffered mechanical failure
The captain of a commuter ferry that crashed into a lower Manhattan wharf told federal investigators Thursday that the vessel had a mechanical failure ...
High-speed ferry strikes NYC dock; dozens injured
A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, ...
Scrutiny of 787 fire ramps up; Boeing shares fall
Federal safety investigators intensified their scrutiny of a Monday fire aboard a Boeing 787 as concerned investors sold shares in the aircraft maker ...
Survivors of fatal Ore. bus crash say some ejected
Survivors of a bus crash that killed nine people on a partly icy section of interstate in rural Eastern Oregon said Monday some passengers were thrown ...
Mexico: Rivera's plane hit with 'terrible' impact
The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a ...
NTSB: Use ignition locks for all drunken drivers
Every state should require convicted drunken drivers, including first-time offenders, to use devices that prevent them from starting a car's engine ...
Mexico tests DNA from Jenni Rivera plane crash
Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other ...
NTSB: singer Rivera dead in Mexican plane crash
U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a ...
NJ bridge had alignment problems before derailment
A New Jersey bridge where a train derailed last week, releasing a hazardous chemical into the air, had a series of rail alignment problems leading up ...
Signal problems preceded NJ train derailment
A signal may have malfunctioned on a southern New Jersey bridge where a train derailed, causing a hazardous chemical to spew into the air and leading ...
NJ train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens
A freight train derailed Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of ...
Fire suppression systems urged in all cargo planes
The government should require fire suppression systems in all cargo containers or compartments of planes to prevent the kind of ferocious in-flight ...
Army veteran drove float in Texas parade crash
The driver of a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses that was struck by a freight train in West Texas is an Army veteran ...
Parade where vets killed used route for 3 years
Organizers of a parade in West Texas in which four U.S. military veterans were killed when a train plowed into a truck had been using the same route ...
Officials: Vets' float crossed track after signals
A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going ...
Texas parade honoring war heroes ends in tragedy
Cheered on by a flag-waving crowd, a parade float filled with wounded veterans and their spouses was inching across a railroad track when the crossing ...
Experts: Analysis of Indiana blast could take time
Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly Indianapolis house explosion got more support for their theory that natural gas was a factor Wednesday ...
NTSB urges safety technologies be made standard
The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move ...
Investigators looking at appliances in Ind. blast
Investigators in the Indianapolis explosion that killed two people and decimated a neighborhood believe natural gas was involved and are focusing on ...
NTSB: Police chopper hit pole, crashed; 2 killed
A low-flying police helicopter searching for a runaway boy hit a power line pole before it plummeted to the ground and exploded, killing both officers ...
Fatal air crash decline presents safety challenge
It's been 43 months since the last deadly airline crash in the United States, the longest period without a fatal domestic accident since commercial ...