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50 years ago, a 737 fell from the sky and flattened homes on the Southwest Side

The day United Flight 553 crashed in Chicago “was just like someone dropped a big, huge anvil on the ground.”

Chicago Sun-Times

What’s next after the preliminary NTSB report on the Dallas air show disaster?

DALLAS — Now that the National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on the deadly Nov. 12 collision between World War II-era aircraft at Dallas Executive Airport, investigators will work diligently to pin down what exactly went wrong during the fateful air show that ended in the deaths…

Tribune News Service

Planes had been directed to viewing area just before collision at Dallas air show, NTSB says

The pilots of two airplanes that collided during a Dallas air show in November were flying in formations and had been directed to return to the display area just before the fatal accident, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

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NTSB urges new safety rules for Alaskan flightseeing tours following fatal crashes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for new federal regulations to safeguard Ketchikan flightseeing tours following years of deadly crashes, several of them involving cruise ship passengers and bad weather.

Tribune News Service

Raleigh didn’t heed vehicle, driver screening guidance before deadly Christmas parade

RALEIGH, N.C. — After a train slammed into a Texas veterans’ parade in 2012, killing four people and injuring a dozen more, the National Transportation Safety Board urged local governments to overhaul the protections for parade-goers and participants.

Tribune News Service

Meteorologist, pilot killed as news helicopter crashes next to Charlotte highway

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A pilot and meteorologist with the WBTV news station in Charlotte died in a helicopter crash Tuesday in Charlotte, off Interstate 77 South.

Tribune News Service

1 plane moved to ‘secure location’ as rain delays recovery of B-17 from Dallas crash site

DALLAS — Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board combed through evidence at the Dallas crash site Monday, hoping to find answers as to what happened during the midair collision that killed six people days earlier.

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Two historic military planes collide and crash during an air show in Dallas

It was unclear how many people were on board the aircraft or if anyone on the ground was hurt. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are launching investigations.

WEKU

Safety board renews school bus seat belt call after crash

The National Transportation Safety Board has renewed its call for seat belts on school buses after completing an investigation of a 2020 Tennessee crash that killed the driver and a 7-year-old girl

The Independent UK

Safety board urges FAA to mandate Otter seaplane inspections

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday issued a formal and urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration and its Canadian counterpart that they mandate an immediate one-time inspection of a critical component on all DHC-3 Otter seaplanes.

Tribune News Service

Whidbey seaplane crash investigators identify possible cause

SEATTLE — The National Transportation Safety Board investigating the crash of a seaplane last month off Whidbey Island on Monday said its experts identified a broken actuator that moves the plane’s horizontal tail that could potentially be the cause of the fatal accident that killed 10 people.

Tribune News Service

Helicopter crashes in front garden of house after spiralling out of control

The helicopter crash was caught on a Ring doorbell and can be seen dropping out of the sky and crashing into a nearby palm tree as a car miraculously avoids the helicopter in California

Daily Mirror

Most of Whidbey Island plane crash wreckage recovered

SEATTLE — Most of a plane that crashed into Mutiny Bay over Labor Day weekend, killing 10 people, has been recovered, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Tribune News Service

California crash that killed 9 spurs call for new cars to detect drunken drivers

An investigation into a New Year's Day crash in Avenal, California, in 2021 that killed nine people — including seven children — has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to call for an alcohol-impairment detection system to be installed in all new cars.

Los Angeles Times

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The Independent UK

NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be required to have blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving

WEKU

Three people were killed after two small planes collided in the sky near Denver

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. The NTSB said a preliminary report would be released in about 15 days.

The Denver Post

3 die as planes collide over Colorado's Boulder County

DENVER — Three people died Saturday morning when two airplanes collided over Boulder County and crashed, according to the sheriff’s office.

Tribune News Service

Plane that crashed in Mutiny Bay was recently serviced, did not have flight recorder

Wreckage from a floatplane crash that killed 10 people in Mutiny Bay over Labor Day weekend will likely be recovered later this month, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

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The Independent UK

Small plane buzzes boaters in Colorado before crashing

The National Transportation Safety Board says it is investigating a small plane that buzzed low over boats on a Northern Colorado reservoir before crashing

Tribune News Service

Floatplane wreckage located in Washington's Mutiny Bay

SEATTLE — Wreckage of a floatplane that crashed into Mutiny Bay last week has been located on the seafloor, after the depth and motion of the water hid the wreckage for several days, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Los Angeles Times

Feds say captain saved himself as California boat fire killed 34. But prosecution hits a wall

LOS ANGELES — Three years have passed since Captain Jerry Boylan jumped overboard from the Conception dive boat as it was swallowed by flames that killed 34 people onboard off the Channel Islands.

The Independent UK

Pilot said he ‘needed air’ before exiting plane and plummeting to his death

Aircraft was flying parachuters when emergency landing ‘upset’ 23-year-old

RideApart

Trial Of Trucker That Killed 7 Bikers In New Hampshire Finally Begins

The 2019 deaths of seven members of the Jarheads Motorcycle Club in New Hampshire weigh heavily on the survivors. Now, the trucker charged stands trial in 2022.

The Independent UK

‘I thought we were gone’: Shocking transcript released of pilot near-miss

An investigation into the crash revealed that the pilot had steered the plane too far to the left

USA Today Sports Media Group

Truck that killed University of the Southwest golf team members and coach was driven by man with meth in his system

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board made a shocking announcement on Thursday.

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