NTSB News
Congress Deadlocked on New Railroad Safety Rules
Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger ...
Automated System Recommended for Railroad Track Flaws to Prevent Future Derailments
Federal investigators renewed their recommendation that major freight railroads equip every locomotive with the kind of autonomous sensors that could have caught the track flaws that caused a fatal ...
New Railroad Rule Would Require Alert to First Responders Within 10 Miles of Derailment
Federal regulators want first responders to a train derailment to know exactly what they are dealing with even before they reach the scene, because the dangerous chemicals trains carry might require ...
Thousands of Steel Frame Bridges Across U.S. Need Corrosion Inspection
Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh, Pa., bridge want transportation officials nationwide to examine more than 10,000 other bridges with similar construction to ensure they don't ...
Fatal Tesla Crash, Fire in Calif. Leads to U.S. Investigation
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is opening a field investigation of a fatal Tesla Inc crash and major vehicle fire near Mountain View, California, last week, the agency said on Tuesday. ...
U.S. Investigation Blames Facebook’s Big Drone Crash on Autopilot
The wing on Facebook Inc.'s experimental high-altitude drone broke last summer in Arizona after the massive aircraft hit an updraft and its autopilot overcompensated seconds before touchdown on its ...
Life-Saving Tech Not Yet Standard on Most Cars
Computerized sensors that warn drivers they're about to rear-end another vehicle or prevent other types of accidents are available on models made by every major auto manufacturer. The problem, ...