The door of a plane that crashed in New Hampshire last week was found six miles away from the site of the wreck, investigators announced Monday. The National Transportation Safety Board said that the left cockpit door and hatch were located in a yard about six miles north of Colonial Drive in Londonderry, where a […]
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NTSB investigating 2 Brightline high speed train crashes that killed 3 people in Florida this week
FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida’s Brightline train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing on the high speed train’s route between Miami and Orlando. The crashes happened Wednesday and Friday at a crossing along the U.S. 1 corridor in […]
NTSB investigating Melbourne train accidents after 2 fatal Brightline crashes in 3 days
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would send a team to Melbourne to investigate a pair of fatal crashes involving Brightline trains that happened at the same crossing within three days. The NTSB said on social media it would work with Melbourne police on a safety investigation. The crashes occurred on WH Jackson Street […]
Altitude of 16,000 feet and empty seats may have helped avert tragedy for Alaska Airlines flight, NTSB chair says
Tragedy may have been averted Friday night when a panel of Boeing plane blew out as the Alaska Airlines flight traveled at 16,000 feet, an NTSB official said Saturday night. Seats adjacent to the blowout, developed when a panel called a door plug detached from the plane, were not occupied, and the aircraft’s altitude meant […]
NTSB to hold press briefing on Alaska Air blown door
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Federal transportation officials will hold a press conference Saturday night after an Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency return landing on Friday evening when a door on the plane blew out mid-air shortly after takeoff. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy will begin the press briefing at 8 p.m. It will be streamed […]
Door panel blows out of Alaska Airlines jet at 16,000 feet; NTSB launches probe
An emergency door panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Friday night, depressurizing the cabin and forcing the jet to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. The Boeing 737-9 jet carried 171 passengers and six crew members, Alaska Airlines said. No injuries were immediately reported. One mother had to hold to her […]
Afghan refugee in Oregon training flight crash that killed 3 ignored instructor’s advice, NTSB says
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Afghan Air Force pilot training for a commercial license in Oregon ignored his flight instructor’s advice to not return to a small airport because of low visibility. The plane later crashed, killing the pilot and the other two passengers on board, according to a preliminary federal report of the […]