Chair Jennifer Homendy on Wednesday said the board “vehemently opposes” one of the provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act

A CSX employee has died in a derailment today near Calera, Ala., the railroad has confirmed. The railroad said in a statement that the employee was fatally injured in an incident at about 3:49 a.m. “while performing his duties near the Highway 22 crossing in Calera,

Investigators concluded that the blackout that left the Dali cargo ship powerless and on a collision course with the bridge was caused by a loose wire.

A bipartisan group of key senators and the head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday sharply criticized provisions on military helicopter safety in an annual defense bill released this week.

The National Transportation Safety Board described the fatal Nov. 10 flight that killed a Christian missionary father and his daughter in its preliminary report

In a somewhat stunning, passionate news conference, the woman in charge of the National Transportation Safety Board warned that a bill before Congress would make the airspace over D.C. more dangerous by reversing safety changes put in place after the deadly mid-air crash at Reagan National Airport.

Officials say the provision reverses progress the district has made in airspace safety since a January aircraft collision over the Potomac.

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board calls the proposed rule 'a significant, significant safety setback.'