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‘Amazing': Pilots, Passenger Uninjured After Midair Crash
The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested an emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was nearly ripped in half.
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Obstructed Views, Lack of Alerts Caused Midair Crash: NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board has found that obstructed views and problems with a system that alerts pilots to nearby planes combined to cause the midair crash of Alaska sightseeing planes that killed six people two years ago.
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Exam Finds Multiple Cracks in Part of United Jet's Engine
Federal safety officials are updating their investigation into the engine failure on a United Airlines plane that sent parts of the engine housing raining down on Denver-area neighborhoods last month
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California Boat Owners Faulted for Fire That Killed 34
One of the deadliest accidents in recent U.S. maritime history was the fault of the owners of a dive boat whose lack of oversight resulted in a fire that swept through the vessel and killed all 34 people in their bunks below deck
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Midair Collision Kills State Legislator, 6 Others in Alaska
Seven people, including an Alaska state lawmaker, died Friday when two small airplanes collided in midair near the airport in Soldotna, on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula
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Coast Guard, Ripley Entertainment Criticized in Boat Crash
National federal safety regulators say actions by the owners of a tourist boat that sank in Missouri in 2018 and the U.S. Coast Guard contributed to the tragedy that killed 17 people
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Airmen Killed in Training Crash in Oklahoma Identified
Two U.S. Air Force airmen killed in a training jet crash at Vance Air Force Base in northwestern Oklahoma have been identified as an instructor and a student pilot.
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Lessons Learned From Doomed Southwest Airlines Flight
Federal safety officials say Boeing should redesign part of the casing on some engines to prevent the kind of accident that occurred when engine debris blew out a window on a Southwest Airlines plane and killed a passenger.
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NTSB Blames FIU Bridge Collapse on Design, Lack of Oversight
Federal officials have determined a bridge that collapsed and killed six people near Florida International University showed significant design errors and the state government should have conducted greater oversight because of the project’s complexity.
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Metro Returns to Normal Tuesday Morning After Collision of 2 Out-of-Service Trains
Metro says normal service has resumed following significant delays Monday and residual delays early Tuesday on three of the transit system’s rail lines.
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Metro Delays Persist Nearly 24 Hours After Overnight Crash
By Monday night, delays on Metro’s Blue, Orange and Silver lines had persisted nearly 24 hours after two out-of-service trains collided. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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Metro Delayed After Overnight Collision of 2 Out-of-Service Trains
Two out-of-service trains collided between the Foggy Bottom and Farragut West stations just before 1 a.m.
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NTSB Calls for National Seat Belt Requirements After Deadly NY Limo Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board called Wednesday for new seat belt requirements for limousines following a crash in upstate New York that killed 20 people.
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No Cause Determined After Two-Week Examination Into Dive Boat Fire, AP Reports
A law enforcement official says investigators that examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat haven’t been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, the Associated Press reported Friday.
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Early NTSB Report Says No Crewmembers Were Awake When Diving Boat Caught Fire
A preliminary report released Thursday on the Conception diving boat fire confirmed that all six crewmembers were asleep when flames started to engulf the vessel in the early morning hours off the Southern California coast, leaving 34 people dead.
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Fire Foiled Rescue Attempts by California Boat Crew
The crew of a scuba diving boat that sank off the coast of Southern California made several attempts to rescue the 34 people who were trapped below decks by fire, but intense flames drove them back and all perished, federal authorities said Thursday.
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NTSB Official: ‘100% Confident' Cause of Boat Fire Will Be Determined
National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy addressed the media Tuesday to talk about the board’s approach to investigating the fatal boat fire in Southern California that is to believed have killed 34 people who were aboard the vessel.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. ‘Truly Blessed' Nobody Was Seriously Hurt in Fiery Plane Crash
The retired NASCAR driver, now a television analyst, issued a statement Monday on social media praising the “quick response of my pilots, local law enforcement, emergency personnel and hospital staff.”
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Two Dead Following Fiery Plane Crash Into Dutchess County Home
The Cessna 303 aircraft departed Orange County Airport Saturday and stopped to refuel at Sky Acres in LaGrangeville. While en route to Farmingdale, it crashed into Gerry Bocker’s house on Smith Road in Union Vale, killing him and injuring one of his two daughters, according to state police.
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NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt Jr., Family Survive Plane Crash
NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and his family survived a plane crash in Tennessee.