http://www.mail.com/organizations/4496-national-transportation-safety-board.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/4496-national-transportation-safety-board.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a nose-dive at a speed that may have exceeded 600 miles per hour, Mexico's top transportation official said Tuesday. In the first detailed account of the moments leading up to the crash that killed ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 01:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1759814-mexico-riveras-plane-hit-with-terrible-impact.html 2012-12-12T01:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758152-ntsb-use-ignition-locks-drunken-drivers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Every state should require convicted drunken drivers, including first-time offenders, to use devices that prevent them from starting a car's engine if their breath tests positive for alcohol, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The ignition interlock devices — already required for all convicted drunken drivers in 17 st... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1758152-ntsb-use-ignition-locks-drunken-drivers.html 2012-12-11T19:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera and six other people killed when her plane went down in northern Mexico. Investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying Rivera and find out why it went dow... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1757460-mexico-tests-dna-jenni-rivera-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — 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 Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash, and the board... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1755760-ntsb-singer-rivera-dead-mexican-plane-crash.html 2012-12-11T01:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1739706-nj-bridge-alignment-problems-derailment.html PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) — 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 to the derailment, the National Transportation Safety Board's top official said Monday. Some of the problems were reported the day before Friday's derailment. NTSB chairman Deborah Her... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1739706-nj-bridge-alignment-problems-derailment.html 2012-12-03T22:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1736092-signal-problems-preceded-nj-train-derailment.html PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) — 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 to health problems, an evacuation, tricky cleanup decisions and broader questions about the condition of railway infrastructure. No serious injuries were reported in the Friday morning... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1736092-signal-problems-preceded-nj-train-derailment.html 2012-12-02T00:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1734178-nj-train-derailment-tips-tankers-sickens-dozens.html PAULSBORO, N.J. (AP) — 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 hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. After hours of not registering at all on sensors, the level of the dangerous chemical spiked Friday eveni... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1734178-nj-train-derailment-tips-tankers-sickens-dozens.html 2012-12-01T03:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1728732-fire-suppression-systems-urged-cargo-planes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require fire suppression systems in all cargo containers or compartments of planes to prevent the kind of ferocious in-flight blazes that have killed four cargo pilots over the past six years, federal accident investigators said Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board didn't specify what kind of technolo... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1728732-fire-suppression-systems-urged-cargo-planes.html 2012-11-28T19:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1714280-army-veteran-drove-float-texas-parade-crash.html MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — 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 himself who is "in shock" over the accident that killed four people, an attorney said Tuesday. Dale Andrew Hayden was driving a flatbed truck that investigators say edged across a railroad cr... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1714280-army-veteran-drove-float-texas-parade-crash.html 2012-11-20T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1709938-parade-where-vets-killed-used-route-3-years.html MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — 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 for three years, investigators said Sunday. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Mark Rosekind also announced that oilfield services company Smith Industries was the owner of t... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1709938-parade-where-vets-killed-used-route-3-years.html 2012-11-19T00:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1707302-officials-vets-float-crossed-track-signals.html MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — 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 off, investigators said Saturday. Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into the flatbed truck in West Texas. It was th... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 04:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1707302-officials-vets-float-crossed-track-signals.html 2012-11-18T04:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1704866-texas-parade-honoring-war-heroes-ends-tragedy.html MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — 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 gates began to lower and a freight train that seemed to come out of nowhere was suddenly bearing down on them, its horn blaring. Some of those seated on the float jumped off in wide-ey... Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1704866-texas-parade-honoring-war-heroes-ends-tragedy.html 2012-11-17T00:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1699092-experts-analysis-indiana-blast-take-time.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly Indianapolis house explosion got more support for their theory that natural gas was a factor Wednesday when an attorney for the owner of a home at the core of the blast said his client's 12-year-old daughter had smelled a strange odor off and on for weeks. Still, finding the actual cause ... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1699092-experts-analysis-indiana-blast-take-time.html 2012-11-14T21:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1699650-ntsb-urges-safety-technologies-standard.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government should require automakers to make the latest collision prevention technologies standard equipment on all new cars and trucks, a move that could reduce fatal highway accidents by more than half, federal accident investigators said Wednesday. The technologies include lane departure warning, forward collision warning, adaptiv... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1699650-ntsb-urges-safety-technologies-standard.html 2012-11-14T17:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696640-investigators-appliances-ind-blast.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators in the Indianapolis explosion that killed two people and decimated a neighborhood believe natural gas was involved and are focusing on appliances as they search for a cause, a city official said Tuesday. Indianapolis Homeland Security Director Gary Coons made the announcement after the National Transportation Safety Board... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 02:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1696640-investigators-appliances-ind-blast.html 2012-11-14T02:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1676772-ntsb-police-chopper-hit-pole-crashed-2-killed.html ATLANTA (AP) — 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 on board but leaving those on the ground unharmed. Federal authorities were investigating what caused the chopper to crash into power lines along on a busy city street. Electricity was knocke... Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1676772-ntsb-police-chopper-hit-pole-crashed-2-killed.html 2012-11-04T22:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1641372-fatal-air-crash-decline-presents-safety-challenge.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 aviation expanded after World War II. That sounds like unvarnished good news, but one consequence of having such a remarkable record is that it's difficult to justify imposing costly new safety rules on the econ... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1641372-fatal-air-crash-decline-presents-safety-challenge.html 2012-10-19T16:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1565258-5-die-small-plane-crash-missouri.html SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A small plane crashed early Saturday in southwest Missouri, killing the pilot, his three children and a businesswoman. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Jason Pace said the single-engine plane went down about 12:30 a.m. northwest of the town of Willard, leaving all five people on board dead. The 2002 Cirrus SR22 appeared to h... Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1565258-5-die-small-plane-crash-missouri.html 2012-09-15T20:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1556942-common-type-rail-car-dangerous-design-flaw.html CHICAGO (AP) — For two decades, one of the most commonly used types of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though transportation officials were aware of a dangerous design flaw that almost guarantees the car will tear open in an accident, potentially spilling cargo that could catch fire, explode or contaminate the environment. ... Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1556942-common-type-rail-car-dangerous-design-flaw.html 2012-09-12T21:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1541194-ntsb-anti-collision-aids-needed-large-planes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board wants to see ground collision warning systems on all large commercial airliners. The board recommended Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration require large airplanes to be equipped with collision avoidance tools, such as an on-board externally-mounted camera system that would give the ... Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1541194-ntsb-anti-collision-aids-needed-large-planes.html 2012-09-05T16:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1523040-ntsb-trim-tab-failure-caused-2011-reno-race-crash.html RENO, Nev. (AP) — The World War II-era P-51 Mustang hurtled over the race course in Nevada at more than 500 mph, its skin wrinkling and canopy separating from the sheer force of the flight. A crucial tail control fluttered, its screws loosening. At the stick was 74-year-old pilot Jimmy Leeward who had listed his age as 59 on a race entry form and made cha... Mon, 27 Aug 2012 20:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1523040-ntsb-trim-tab-failure-caused-2011-reno-race-crash.html 2012-08-27T20:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1522892-ntsb-plane-topped-limits-2011-reno-race-crash.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — A plane that crashed into spectators at an air race in Reno last year bore modifications that weakened its structure and showed evidence that it was flown beyond its limits, investigators said Monday. High-resolution photos show the skin wrinkling and a the canopy separating on the World War II-era P-51 Mustang seconds before the Septembe... Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1522892-ntsb-plane-topped-limits-2011-reno-race-crash.html 2012-08-27T13:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1516586-autopsy-coal-killed-md-derailment-victims.html ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — Two young women were killed when a freight train derailed and toppled so much coal on them they couldn't breathe, authorities said Thursday. The bodies of Elizabeth Nass and Rose Mayr were found buried under coal but still seated on edge of a railroad bridge in Ellicott City, police have said. They were not hit by the train, Howa... Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1516586-autopsy-coal-killed-md-derailment-victims.html 2012-08-23T19:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1513818-airbuses-suffer-cockpit-power-failure-await-fixes.html NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — As United Flight 731 climbed out of Newark with 107 people aboard, the pilot and first officer were startled to find screens that display crucial navigational information were blank or unreadable and radios were dead. They had no way to communicate with air traffic controllers or detect other planes around them in the New York City are... Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1513818-airbuses-suffer-cockpit-power-failure-await-fixes.html 2012-08-22T16:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1464168-ntsb-investigating-dreamliner-engine-issue.html Boeing Co. says federal regulators are investigating after one of its 787 jets had an engine issue that sparked a fire in South Carolina, but the company remains confident in its safety. The jet is one of Boeing's most critical products. The company delivered the first 787, known as the Dreamliner, last year following several years of design and productio... Sun, 29 Jul 2012 20:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1464168-ntsb-investigating-dreamliner-engine-issue.html 2012-07-29T20:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1449260-ap-impact-gas-pipeline-safety-valves-resisted.html The bulldozer was clearing land outside a day care center in Hapeville, Ga., when it broke open a buried 1-inch pipeline. The escaping gas ignited into a fireball that killed nine people, including seven children settling down for their afternoon naps. That was 1968. Since then, there have been at least 270 similar accidents across the country that could ... Tue, 24 Jul 2012 05:40:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1449260-ap-impact-gas-pipeline-safety-valves-resisted.html 2012-07-24T05:40:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1447954-ap-impact-gas-safety-valves-resisted.html The bulldozer was clearing land outside a day care center in Hapeville, Ga., when it broke open a buried 1-inch pipeline. The escaping gas ignited into a fireball that killed nine people, including seven children settling down for their afternoon naps. That was 1968. Since then, there have been at least 270 similar accidents across the country that could ... Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1447954-ap-impact-gas-safety-valves-resisted.html 2012-07-24T04:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1427900-faa-proposes-fining-boeing-135.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed fining Boeing $13.5 million for failing to meet a deadline to provide airlines with instructions on how to prevent fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., 16 years ago, killing all 230 people on board. The fine — the second ... Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1427900-faa-proposes-fining-boeing-135.html 2012-07-13T22:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1423672-with-fire-out-focus-ohio-train-crash.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A train that partly derailed and exploded north of downtown was traveling below the recommended speed before the crash, and its operators noticed no problems with the track as they approached the curve where it happened, a National Transportation Safety Board representative said. The NTSB is looking into what caused the Wednesday der... Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1423672-with-fire-out-focus-ohio-train-crash.html 2012-07-12T13:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1421008-ohio-freight-train-derails-causing-fiery-blast.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Exploding freight cars full of ethanol made for a dramatic early morning scene in Ohio's capital on Wednesday, but officials said the train derailment that led to a hurried evacuation of an urban neighborhood could have been much worse. The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched a 12-person team to investigate the derailment... Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1421008-ohio-freight-train-derails-causing-fiery-blast.html 2012-07-12T02:16:00Z