Tag: Accidents
NTSB: Pilot error likely caused vintage bomber’s fatal crash
HARTFORD, Conn. — Pilot error probably caused the 2019 crash of a World War II-era bomber in Connecticut that killed seven people and wounded...
Report sheds little light on fatal Alaska helicopter crash
<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A preliminary report from the federal agency investigating the fatal helicopter crash in Alaska that killed five people, including the richest...
Aggressive takeoff caused Hawaii plane crash that killed 11
WASHINGTON — A pilot's aggressive takeoff led to an aerodynamic stall, causing the 2019 crash of a skydiving plane in Hawaii that killed all...
Man fleeing police crashes, wedges Maserati under freeway
OAKLAND, Calif. — A man fleeing the California Highway Patrol totaled his girlfriend's Maserati SUV after he careened up an embankment and slammed into...
Report sheds little light on fatal Alaska helicopter crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A preliminary report from the federal agency investigating the fatal helicopter crash in Alaska that killed five people, including the richest...
Postcard from Titanic’s radio operator being sold at auction
<p>BOSTON — A postcard written by the Titanic's senior radio operator just weeks before the ocean liner sank in the North Atlantic in 1912...
UN says 34 migrants drown off Djibouti after boat capsizes
NAIROBI, Kenya — The International Organization for Migration says 34 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the Horn of Africa nation of...
Injured CSU Bakersfield athlete Readus’ condition improves
<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The condition of Cal State Bakersfield men’s basketball player Ronne Readus has improved nearly two weeks after he was badly injured...
Driver slowed or stopped before crash killed 13 migrants
SAN DIEGO — The driver of an SUV packed with migrants stopped or slowed before getting slammed by a tractor-trailer in one of the...
Ex-Kansas City Chiefs coach charged with DUI after crash
<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury...