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Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers look over the scene of a fatal collision in March in Andrews County, Texas. A pickup truck crossed the center line of a two-lane road and crashed into a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men

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NTSB now says a 13-year-old was not a driver in a Texas crash that killed 9 people

2:16pm July 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, investigators said.

An undated photo shows the scene where a tour helicopter crashed near the Na Pali Coast on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, in 2019.

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A Hawaii helicopter crash that killed 7 could have been prevented, investigators say

5:59pm May 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

U.S. investigators blamed the 2019 crash on the pilot's decision to keep flying into worsening weather, and they accused regulators of lax oversight of air tours that are popular with tourists.

Pilots Jerry Griffin (left) of the Birmingham Police Department and Jonathan Johnson of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office conduct a helicopter training flight using new virtual reality technology.

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New Virtual Reality Tool Aims To Reduce Aviation Crashes

10:32am February 15, 2021

by Russell Lewis

The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant highlighted an aviation problem: It's difficult for pilots to recover after entering clouds by mistake. New virtual reality technology aims to change that.

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Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, shown here in 2018, were killed in a helicopter crash last year.

NTSB Says Pilot Had 'Spatial Disorientation' In Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash

2:09pm February 09, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Also contributing to the accident, the safety board said Tuesday, was the pilot's likely "self-induced pressure" to please a high-profile client and a bias toward continuing with the established plan.

National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy (right) walks with other NTSB officials past a makeshift memorial for victims of the Conception boat fire in September 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif.

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Safety Board Blames California Diving Boat's Owner For Fire That Killed 34

6:03pm October 20, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The fire started in the boat's salon, where divers had plugged in phones and other devices. Investigators pointed to the lack of a night watchman as a reason for high casualty numbers.

Pilot training is some of the most rigorous of all modes of transportation. Elizabeth White (L) practices landings with instructor Megan Brown at the airport in Auburn, Ala.

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The Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash: Aviation Wrestles With Decades-Old Problem

9:39am June 23, 2020

by Russell Lewis

The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others in January has highlighted a decades-old problem in aviation: pilots continuing flights into bad weather rather than landing.

Police work around the scene of a helicopter crash that killed former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others in Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday.

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What We Know: The Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant And 8 Others

8:14pm January 27, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The Sikorsky S-76B helicopter was operating under "special VFR" (special visual flight rules) status, meaning its pilot had been granted a request to fly in challenging conditions.

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Tourist Seaplanes Collide In Alaska, Killing At Least 4

9:12am May 14, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The planes both carried tourists from the cruise ship Royal Princess on sightseeing trips. Preliminary reports indicate a mid-air collision, the Coast Guard said.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators examine damage to the engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia in 2018. The NTSB was unable to begin several investigatio

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Working Through Shutdown Backlog, NTSB Warns Accident Evidence May Be Lost

8:19am January 29, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Twenty-two accidents, including 15 plane crashes, weren't investigated during the partial government shutdown. Instead of visiting the site of the crash, examiners might just examine stored wreckage.

Fire investigators search the debris at a home where an explosion occurred following a gas line failure in September in Lawrence, Mass.

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Federal Investigators Pinpoint What Caused String Of Gas Explosions In Mass.

8:05pm November 16, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The National Transportation Safety Board says a natural gas company engineer made a major mistake in developing construction plans, resulting in a disastrous chain reaction.