Topic: Mark Rosenker

Federal safety panel says trolley driver in fatal Boston crash likely fell asleep brieflyA federal safety panel said Tuesday that the trolley operator who died after her train rammed another trolley in a Boston crash last year had ignored a red stop ...
Safety board says fatal accidents were up sharply in 2008 for air taxi, medical, tour flightsThere was a spike last year in deaths from crashes of air medical, air taxi and tour flights, federal safety officials said Thursday.The National Transportation Safety ...
Safety board investigators say design errors in steel plates factor in bridge collapseThe deadly collapse of a Minneapolis bridge last year began at steel plates in a main truss, attributable to a design flaw and not corrosion, federal safety investigators said Thursday ...

Halting wayward trains

Federal officials say satellite technology could have prevented last weeks deadly crash The collision that killed 26 train passengers and injured more than 130 others Friday in Southern California has sparked a national conversation about rail safety that is long overdue. The ...
NTSB Releases Final Report on Ky. Plane Crash That Killed 49, Issues Safety RecommendationsFederal investigators released their final report Tuesday on last summer's deadly crash of a Comair flight in Kentucky, finding that the pilots were primarily responsible but making safety ...
Federal Officials Clear Way for Debris Removal at Minnesota Bridge Collapse SiteWith all the victims believed to have been recovered, federal investigators gave state transportation officials clearance Tuesday to pull away the concrete deck of the collapsed interstate bridge.The cleanup and ...
Family and friends prepared for a double funeral on Saturday for a woman and her infant daughter killed in the Minnesota bridge collapse, even as a grim recovery operation continued for five people still missing.The bodies of Sadiya Sahal, 23, and ...
Divers took another body from the wreckage of a freeway bridge, shrinking to five the number of people known missing and presumed dead in the collapse.Meanwhile, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters on Friday pledged $50 million to help Minnesota with ...
Divers took another body from the wreckage of a collapsed freeway bridge, bringing the death toll to 8, with five still missing.Meanwhile, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters on Friday pledged US$50 million (euro37 million (US$50.5 million) ) to ...
Divers removed another body from the wreckage of a freeway bridge Friday, while the federal transportation secretary offered $50 million to help with recovery and rebuilding.The known death toll from last week's collapse reached eight when Navy divers found a ...