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• Man injured in plane crash that may have sparked Wetmore fire is Springs-area doctor

  July 4, 2011 7:15 PM

  A passenger injured in a plane crash that killed the pilot and may have sparked a more-than 100-acre wildfire near Wetmore is a doctor who owns several EmergiCare clinics in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Robert Hamilton suffered non-life-threatening injuries when the small plane he was in crashed near his... more »

• Initial crash report released by NTSB

  January 4, 2011 2:30 PM

  The initial report from the crash of a small plane at the Colorado Springs airport on December 22 has been released by the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash, in foggy weather, killed a young Air Force Academy graduate and his wife. According to the report the pilot,... more »

• NTSB probes safety of airline partnerships

  October 26, 2010 8:22 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal panel is examining whether regional airlines are being held to the same safety standards as their major carrier partners. The National Transportation Safety Board is holding a two-day forum beginning Tuesday on "code sharing" agreements that allow major carriers to sell seats on flights... 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 »

• Montana plane crash revives 'lap child' debate

  September 7, 2010 9:31 AM

  Federal transportation safety officials are using the crash of an overloaded plane in Montana to revive a debate about whether infants and toddlers should be allowed to travel on the laps of adults. The National Transportation Safety Board is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to require children under 2... more »

• New clue in deadly Calhan plane crash

  August 25, 2010 2:02 PM

  A federal investigator says the propellers weren't working when a twin-engine Cessna crashed near Calhan Monday, killing both men aboard. National Transportation Safety Board investigator Jennifer Rodi says the Cessna 310 has been moved to a hangar in Greeley where the engines will be examined closely. Authorities say... more »

• Weather is a focus of crash probe

  August 11, 2010 9:36 AM

  Federal investigators say weather is one factor they'll examine as they try determine the cause of Monday's plane crash in Alaska that killed former Sen. Ted Stevens and four others. Rescuers managed to reach the site just hours after the crash, but they and the four survivors were forced... more »

• Sen. Ted Stevens confirmed dead in plane crash

  August 10, 2010 2:28 PM

  A spokesman for the family of Ted Stevens says the former senator has died in a plane crash in Alaska. Mitch Rose tells The Associated Press that the family had been notified that the 86-year-old Stevens was among those killed. Five of the nine people aboard the plane... more »

• Former senator, former NASA chief aboard crashed plane

  August 10, 2010 9:40 AM

  A plane that crashed in Alaska has at least two high-profile passengers aboard. A U.S. government official says former Sen. Ted Stevens is believed to have been aboard the plane. And defense contractor EADS says that one of its executives, former NASA chief Sean O'Keefe was also aboard. ... 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 »

• Pilot in Colorado crash: Plane caught in downdraft

  July 26, 2010 1:53 PM

  The pilot of a small plane that crashed in a remote canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park says he got caught in a downdraft and couldn't escape even at full power. The pilot, Jim Michaels of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, and his 18-year-old daughter suffered only minor injuries in the July... more »

• Nissan recalls 46,000 Cubes over fuel spillage

  July 26, 2010 10:27 AM

  Nissan is recalling 46,000 of its Cube model over possible problems with fuel spilling during rear end collisions. In documents filed with the federal government, Nissan says tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found more fuel spilled than federal standards allow. Nissan says its own... more »

• FAA places DIA injuries at 30

  July 21, 2010 9:23 AM

  It felt like dropping down an elevator shaft. That's how one passenger described the turbulence aboard a United Airlines jet that made an emergency landing in Denver Tuesday night. One woman was jolted out of her seat so forcefully that she left a crack in the wall when she... more »

• NTSB calls for more pilot training after Denver accident

  July 14, 2010 8:21 AM

  A federal safety panel investigating a 2008 Denver Airport runway accident says airlines need to update the way pilots are trained. The National Transportation Safety Board says the Boeing 737 ran off the runway because the captain of Continental Airlines Flight 1404 failed to use the plane's rudder to... more »

• NTSB: Pilot had 4 seconds to prevent Denver accident

  July 13, 2010 2:05 PM

  A federal safety panel says an airliner ran off a runway in Denver because the flight's captain failed to use the plane's rudder to correct its direction during a strong crosswind. The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the captain stopped using the right rudder about four seconds... more »

• Investigation continues into mid-air collision

  February 7, 2010 3:42 PM

  NTSB is holding press conference this afternoon and the wreckage is being removed after a two plane mid-air collision yesterday that killed three people in Boulder County. The crash happened around 1:30 yesterday afternoon when an airplane towing a glider collided with another plane, sending both crashing into the ground.... more »

• NTSB blames texting in deadly Calif. rail crash

  January 21, 2010 4:17 PM

  A 16-month investigation into a deadly rail crash in California points to a commuter train engineer's text messaging as the primary cause rather than malfunctioning signs along the track, safety officials indicated Thursday. "Tragically, an instant message turned an ordinary commute into a catastrophe," said Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of... 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 »