Financial pressures likely contributed to a helicopter pilot's decision to continue flying through deteriorating weather before crashing in north Florida, killing a Mayo Clinic heart surgeon and technician on their way to retrieve a heart for transplant in 2011, according to a report from the Nation Full story
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued an urgent safety recommendation after a railroad track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train last month in Connecticut. Full story
The National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet next week to determine the probable cause of a head-on collision of Union Pacific Corp. trains in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Full story
A track inspection found problems two days before a train derailed in Connecticut and injured more than 70 people, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. Full story
A trust fund should be established to ensure the upkeep and safety of the nation's rail system, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday, labeling the recent derailment in Connecticut and other accidents a call to action. Full story
A track foreman was struck and killed Tuesday by a train at a Metro-North station under construction in Connecticut, the railroad said. Full story
The National Transportation Safety Board is advising states to lower the Blood Alcohol Level that defines drunk driving from .08 to .05, which they say is the level at which many drivers’ vision can be affected. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.
National Transportation Safety Board recommends .05 blood alcohol threshold for drunk driving. NBC News' Chris Clackum reports.
National Transportation Safety Board has announced they traced last month’s fire onboard a Boeing 787 in Boston to a single cell in the plane’s battery. NTSB Chairman Debbie Hersman also said there are new questions about the certification process that Boeing used to originally approve the battery.
Everyone knows that New Year’s Day is the most lethal day to drive, and now the National Transportation Safety Board wants all states to require ignition interlocks installed on the cars of convicted drunk drivers. NBC’s Diana Alvear reports.
National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Debbie Hersman tells TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie that there were some forward-facing cameras on the train involved in Thursday’s deadly collision with a parade float in Midland, Texas.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: A part of a charred battery box from a Japan Airlines 787 is displayed at the NTSB headquaters on January 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. The NTSB held a news conference to discuss the batteries that caused the January 7, fire aboard a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 at Logan I
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Joseph Panagiotou examines a battery cell from the battery involved in the JAL Boeing 787 fire incident in Boston, in the NTSB labs in Washington in this handout picture provided by the NTSB on January 29, 2013. The NTSB on Tuesday said it was conti
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Joseph Panagiotou documents internal components from the battery involved in the JAL Boeing 787 fire incident in Boston, in the NTSB labs in Washington, in this handout picture provided by the NTSB on January 29, 2013. The NTSB on Tuesday said it wa
