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Investigators looking into Ellicott City train derailment
ELLICOTT CITY — Investigators were checking videos, track conditions and maintenance records Wednesday to find the cause of a deadly train derailment in Maryland and figure out if two young […]
CSX train derails in Ellicott City, kills 2 college students
ELLICOTT CITY — A train hauling coal derailed on a bridge in this city’s historic district, killing two college students who had been drinking together and hanging out on the […]
FAA to bar operation that led to close call
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration will bar airports nationwide from using a traffic-reversing operation that led to a close call last week at an airport near the nation’s capital. […]
Officials to discuss new subway safety standards
HYATTSVILLE — The U.S. Transportation Department will have the power to withhold grant money to urban transit systems that don’t make safety improvements under a law signed this month by […]
Fatigue blamed for fatal N.Y. bus crash
WASHINGTON — A tour bus crash last year that claimed 15 lives was probably caused by a driver suffering from too little sleep and a bus company that provided too […]
Metro completes NTSB track safety recommendation
WASHINGTON — Metro says it has completed installation of a key rail safety enhancement recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board. The transit agency announced Tuesday that it has completed […]
FAA issue rules to prevent tired airline pilots
WASHINGTON — Rules aimed at preventing airline pilots from flying while dangerously fatigued were issued Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration, a move safety advocates have been urging for more […]
U.S. urges ban on texting, talking while driving
LOS ANGELES — Ren Bishop is one of many American drivers who texts, tweets and talks on her cellphone while she’s behind the wheel — and thinks it should be […]
Ban on trucker cell use, texting recommended
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Truckers and other commercial drivers should be banned from talking on the phone and texting when they are behind the wheel, a federal safety agency decided Tuesday. […]
Study: Long commutes could fatigue airline pilots
WASHINGTON — One in five airline pilots lives at least 750 miles from work, according to a study by scientific advisers to the government, raising concerns that long commutes to […]
NTSB: Cracks found in 3 grounded Southwest planes
YUMA, Ariz. — Three more Southwest Airlines jetliners have small, subsurface cracks that are similar to the cracks suspected of playing a role in the fuselage tear of a Boeing […]
NTSB: Metro safer after June 2009 crash
WASHINGTON — Washington’s Metrorail system is significantly safer now than it was last year when a train crash killed nine people and injured dozens of others, the head of the […]
