Topic: Robert Sumwalt

Cellphone bans haven’t made roads safer

Automotive anarchists will be overjoyed. AT&T, Verizon and Rogers executives will be high-fiving each other with unprecedented I-told-you-so ...

'Widespread cracking' on Southwest plane: US

US safety inspectors said Sunday they found pre-existing damage in the form of "widespread cracking" on a passenger jet that made an emergency landing after a hole ripped open on the fuselage.Southwest Airlines canceled another 300 flights Sunday to accommodate inspection ...
Helicopter crash in Arkansas revives concern about safety of air medical transport industryAn accident this week in Arkansas has boosted to 21 the number of people who have been killed this year in medical helicopter and plane crashes, renewing concerns about the ...
NTSB says no engine alarms sounded before NY ferry slammed into pier, hurting dozens of peopleFederal investigators say no engine alarms sounded on a New York City ferry before it crashed into a pier, injuring dozens of people.National Transportation Safety Board ...
No sign of pre-crash failure or damage before fatal SC helicopter accidentNothing indicates that a medical helicopter malfunctioned before it crashed in coastal South Carolina, killing all three crew members on board, a federal official said Sunday.National Transportation Safety Board member ...
Federal investigators at site of deadly Illinois derailment say high water may have had a roleThere was high water along the northern Illinois rail line where a freight train derailed, setting off a fiery explosion and killing one person, federal authorities said ...
Railroad tank cars holding thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol derailed and exploded in flames, killing a 41-year-old woman as she tried to run to safety from a car stopped at a crossing.Three other people from the same car escaped ...
Who opened the backdoor of plane in Hudson River ditching? Flight attendant, witnesses differPassengers on the plane that ditched into the Hudson River in January have told a federal safety panel that it was a flight attendant not a panicked passenger who ...

58 injured as airliner veers off Denver runway

At least 58 people were injured when a Continental Airlines plane veered off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from Denver, Colorado, officials said Sunday.The Boeing 737 was departing from Denver International Airport late Saturday for Houston, Texas, when it ...
No cause yet for crash of burning airliner that veered off Denver runway, injuring 38It was a miracle that no one was killed when an airliner veered sharply off a runway during takeoff, burst into flames and nearly broke apart, firefighters said ...