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• Body of man who fell from plane found in Tenn.

  March 30, 2013 1:46 PM

  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in Tennessee have found the body of a man who was thrown from an experimental aircraft while an instructor was teaching him to fly. Bradley County Interim Fire Chief Troy Spence says search crews located the deceased student pilot at about 11:45 a.m. Saturday. He... more »

• West Texas train crash unfolds in 20 rapid seconds

  November 18, 2012 1:08 PM

  MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - A harrowing train crash in West Texas that killed four war veterans unfolded in a rapid-fire 20 seconds - from the time the crossing bells and lights activated to the collision. The National Transportation Safety Board released a detailed timeline Saturday, pieced together from video images... more »

• Info on attending Monday's Romney rally in Pueblo

  September 22, 2012 12:19 PM

  The Mitt Romney campaign has rescheduled a rally in Pueblo that had to be cancelled the week before after a plane crash killed a man at the airport Romney was planning on flying to. Romney is scheduled to hold his rally outside the Weisbrod Aircraft Museum on Magnuson Ave.;... more »

• UPDATE: New information on airplane involved in Pueblo crash

  September 16, 2012 1:43 PM

  A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson says they still don't know what caused a plane to crash at Pueblo Memorial Airport around 8:30 Sunday morning; the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. Allen Kenitzer with the FAA says the plane was an experimental aircraft; meaning it was... more »

• Law enforcement cracking down on distracted drivers Play Video

  March 29, 2012 9:53 PM

  Statistics out from the National Highway Safety Administration show distracted drivers are a growing problem on the roads. More than 6,000 people die each year from crashes involving distractions behind the wheel; whether it's a cell phone, a navigation device, or an iPod, electronics are taking eyes off the... more »

• Safety of popular air shows, races under scrutiny this week

  January 8, 2012 11:31 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Some victims of last year's air show crash in Nevada say they want to attend future air races even though that event was the worst air race accident in the U.S. in more than 50 years. But a lawyer for some victims says he's told his clients,... more »

• Local pilot saw everything in Reno; shares story with News 5

  September 19, 2011 6:51 PM

  Many have seen the images from the plane crashes in air shows over the weekend several times, but one local pilot who was at the Reno air races says he saw everything; it's a scene he won't soon forget. Eyes were in the sky Friday in Reno, Nevada as... more »

• NTSB: Model strayed before collision with biplane

  May 20, 2011 8:02 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Investigators say a radio-controlled model airplane was outside its designated flying zone when it collided with a full-size biplane at a Colorado airport last year. The National Transportation Safety Board's final report released Thursday says the model operator's actions caused the collision. The collision occurred... more »

• Automaker describes the scene before Pikes Peak crash

  September 18, 2010 12:20 AM

  By the end of the day Friday, all four people injured in a helicopter crash on Pikes Peak were out of the hospital, but it was a busy day for emergency crews in place that's tough to reach. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office was called just before 8... more »

• Controller faulted in Hudson midair collision

  September 14, 2010 3:43 PM

  A federal safety panel says an air traffic controller who was engaged in a personal phone call was partly responsible for a midair collision last year over the Hudson River between a tour helicopter and a small plane. The crash on Aug. 8, 2009, killed nine people. The... more »

• NTSB probes rollovers by hazmat tanker trucks

  August 3, 2010 9:42 AM

  Federal safety investigators are probing rollover accidents by tanker trucks carrying propane, gasoline and other hazardous materials. The National Transportation Safety Board wants to know whether equipment similar to the stability systems required for cars would help prevent tanker rollovers. The board is holding a hearing Tuesday on an... more »

• 3 killed in national park plane crash

  August 2, 2010 8:09 AM

  Investigators in Alaska say a cargo plane crashed in Denali National Park Sunday. The three people aboard are presumed dead. The National Park Service says the plane was a Fairchild C-123 registered to All West Freight Inc. of Delta Junction, Alaska. The plane crashed into the south-facing slope... more »

• Report: 65,000 flights should not have flown

  February 2, 2010 1:07 PM

  Reporting the results of a six-month investigation, USA TODAY on Tuesday said that millions of passengers were on at least 65,000 U.S. flights over the last six years that should not have taken off because planes weren't properly maintained. While just a fraction of the 63.8 million U.S. airline... more »

• NTSB: Wayward pilots were working on laptops

  October 26, 2009 3:58 PM

  Two Northwest Airlines pilots reportedly told federal investigators that they were going over scheduling using their laptop computers in violation of company policy while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement Monday that the pilots said in interviews that... more »