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A Chicago train operator knew snow equipment was on the line but braked immediately, review finds

The operator of a Chicago commuter train that collided with snow-removal equipment last month knew the machine would be on the line that day but wasn’t aware of its exact location, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday

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Technology to warn drivers they’re speeding would speed up prospect of safer roads

Nothing will deter some speed demons to ease up on the accelerator, but most drivers with a tendency to go over the speed limit would obey the rules of the road if they were given a nudge.

Chicago Sun-Times

Should new cars should come with speeding control systems? Drivers in Chicago have mixed reactions to federal push

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a recommendation last month that all new vehicles come with speed reduction technologies installed. Some drivers support the idea, but others have privacy concerns.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Near-misses at US airports prompts calls for ‘urgent action’

The National Transportation Safety Board has opened seven investigations into near-miss incidents since January

The Independent UK

Ohio school band students set off by bus for a performance. It ended in tragedy

A day which began with excitement ended tragically when a charter school bus was involved in a fiery crash on an Ohio highway. Now a community has been left mourning the six victims killed while questions are being asked about what exactly went wrong. Martha McHardy and Michelle Del Rey…

The Independent UK

Railroad automatic braking system needs improvement to prevent more derailments, safety board says

Federal safety investigators say the automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to prevent more derailments

The Independent UK

Chemical exposure killed 5 in central Illinois crash, preliminary autopsies find

Preliminary autopsies show that five people who were killed in a central Illinois crash involving a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia died from exposure to the caustic chemical.

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5 died of exposure to chemical in central Illinois crash, preliminary autopsies find

Five people who were killed in a central Illinois crash involving a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia died from exposure to the caustic chemical, according to preliminary autopsies

The Independent UK

Fatal 2021 jet crash was likely caused by parking brake left on during takeoff, NTSB says

The National Transportation Safety Board says a small jet in a crash that killed four people in 2021 was going slower than usual as it took off because the pilot had left a parking brake on

The Independent UK

Band director and chaperone identified as two killed in New York marching band bus crash

The accident in upstate New York is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board

The Independent UK

NJ fire victims deserve accountability

How one tragedy illuminates a "collective inattention" to a "global trade machine"

Salon

Six victims identified after they were killed when aircraft explodes into fireball

Authorities have identified the six victims of a tragic plane crash in California, which occurred during foggy conditions and resulted in the small aircraft exploding into a fireball just 500 feet short of the intended runway

Daily Mirror

Senate Commerce Committee Schedules Vote on FCC Nominations

The Committee will vote on July 12 on three FCC nominations

TV Tech

Presumed human remains, debris from Titan submersible recovered by US Coast Guard

The US Coast Guard says it has likely recovered human remains from the wreckage of the Titan submersible and is bringing the evidence back to the United States. The submersible imploded last week, killing all five people on board. The vessel was on a voyage see the wreck of the…

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The Independent UK

Debris from implosion of Titanic-bound submersible returned to land

Debris from the lost submersible Titan has been returned to land after a fatal implosion during its voyage to the wreck of the Titanic captured the world’s attention last week

Reuters

Investigators to review records from crashed plane that sparked DC scare

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said investigators plan to conclude its on-scene investigative work Wednesday from the southwest Virginia crash site of the light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington.

Reuters

Light plane that sparked scare lost contact soon after takeoff -NTSB

Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington, authorities said on Monday.

Los Angeles Times

2 killed in small plane crash 40 miles off the coast of California

A small private plane crashed Saturday in the Pacific about 40 miles west of Half Moon Bay, California, following an emergency call for help, killing two people aboard.

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The Independent UK

Operator in limo crash that killed 20 goes on trial in NY

The operator of a limousine service involved in a crash that killed 20 people in central New York is going on trial

Tribune News Service

Speeding preceded Baltimore Beltway crash that killed 6, NTSB preliminary report says

BALTIMORE — The two vehicles that collided last month on the Baltimore Beltway, ultimately killing six highway workers, were speeding before they crashed, causing one vehicle to enter an access point and work zone, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Independent UK

Police: 4 dead in plane crash off Florida's Gulf Coast

Police say the bodies of two men and two women have been recovered following a small plane crash just off Florida's Gulf Coast

WEKU

Airline passengers could be in for a rougher ride, thanks to climate change

Research in recent years has pointed to more incidents of clear-air turbulence in the jet stream brought on by rising temperatures. Airline crews and passengers are feeling the effects firsthand.

The Independent UK

Probe of chocolate factory blast focuses on gas pipeline

Federal safety officials are investigating the role of a natural gas pipeline in a fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory

Los Angeles Times

Deaths, burns, brain injuries, broken limbs: The human cost of distracted driving is mounting

Highway fatalities are on the rise again — 46,000 in the U.S. in 2022, up 22%, according to numbers released last week. How many of those deaths involved distracted driving?

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