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Safety board urges FAA to mandate Otter seaplane inspections

The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday issued a formal and urgent safety recommendation to the Federal Aviation Administration and its Canadian counterpart that they mandate an immediate one-time inspection of a critical component on all DHC-3 Otter seaplanes.

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After Whidbey crash, NTSB wants Otter seaplanes grounded pending inspection

SEATTLE — The federal agency investigating the September seaplane crash off Whidbey Island said Monday that its experts have identified a potential cause of the deadly accident and called for similar planes to be grounded until they are inspected.

Tribune News Service

Mechanical issue may have caused deadly seaplane crash

U.S. investigators say a mechanical issue may have caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last month

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Whidbey seaplane crash investigators identify possible cause

SEATTLE — The National Transportation Safety Board investigating the crash of a seaplane last month off Whidbey Island on Monday said its experts identified a broken actuator that moves the plane’s horizontal tail that could potentially be the cause of the fatal accident that killed 10 people.

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Megan Hilty launches GoFundMe to help recover bodies of her family members who died in plane crash

The actor’s pregnant sister, brother-in-law, and nephew died in a plane crash last month

The Independent UK

NTSB: Communications outage a factor in lift boat disaster

A federal agency says an outage involving a Coast Guard marine warning system and “data gaps” in radar systems were factors in last year's deadly capsize of an oil industry lift boat off Louisiana's coast

The Independent UK

11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles

Eleven additional people were killed in crashes involving vehicles using automated driving systems during a four-month period earlier this year, according to newly released government data, part of an alarming pattern of incidents linked to the technology

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Emergency FAA order points to one possible cause of Whidbey seaplane crash

SEATTLE — The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a warning regarding potential weaknesses in parts of the tail of Otter seaplanes, the same type of aircraft that crashed off Whidbey Island last month.

Tribune News Service

Six of 10 bodies recovered from Labor Day seaplane crash in Washington, officials say

Five sets of remains have been identified

The Independent UK

Bodies and floatplane parts recovered from Puget Sound

The bodies of some of the 10 victims and most of a floatplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound earlier this month have been recovered

The Independent UK

Most of Whidbey Island plane crash wreckage recovered

SEATTLE — Most of a plane that crashed into Mutiny Bay over Labor Day weekend, killing 10 people, has been recovered, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

Tribune News Service

The NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use

The safety board recommends all new vehicles be required to have systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving. A final decision is up to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

WEKU

California crash that killed 9 spurs call for new cars to detect drunken drivers

An investigation into a New Year's Day crash in Avenal, California, in 2021 that killed nine people — including seven children — has prompted the National Transportation Safety Board to call for an alcohol-impairment detection system to be installed in all new cars.

Los Angeles Times

NTSB wants all new vehicles to check drivers for alcohol use

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be required to have blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving

The Independent UK

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Three people were killed after two small planes collided in the sky near Denver

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. The NTSB said a preliminary report would be released in about 15 days.

Tribune News Service

Plane that crashed in Mutiny Bay was recently serviced, did not have flight recorder

Wreckage from a floatplane crash that killed 10 people in Mutiny Bay over Labor Day weekend will likely be recovered later this month, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Independent UK

Navy, NTSB to begin efforts to recover crashed seaplane

Crews later this month will begin trying to recover the wreckage of a seaplane that crashed in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island in Washington state, killing 10

The Independent UK

Report: Tesla driver lost scholarship before fiery crash

Federal investigators say a 20-year-old Tesla driver who died with a passenger in a fiery, high-speed crash on a South Florida street last year might have been upset after learning he had lost a scholarship

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Floatplane wreckage located in Washington's Mutiny Bay

SEATTLE — Wreckage of a floatplane that crashed into Mutiny Bay last week has been located on the seafloor, after the depth and motion of the water hid the wreckage for several days, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Independent UK

Two killed after aircraft crashes and catches fire in Santa Monica

Single-engine aircraft was being operated by a local flight school

Tribune News Service

‘I needed to know what happened’: A father’s quest to understand derailment that killed 2 young women in Ellicott City

BALTIMORE — One February day, he climbed onto the rail bed himself, with lengths of string to measure the curvature and tilt of the tracks.

The Independent UK

Southwest flight attendant suffers back injury from hard landing

‘Firm landing’ causes fractured vertebrae for cabin crew member in jump seat

The Independent UK

Southwest attendant suffers broken back in hard landing

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant suffered a compression fracture in her back during a hard landing last month in California

The Independent UK

Air traffic control calls reveals pilot ‘jumped’ from plane before emergency landing

“This is from Raleigh Airport. We have a pilot who was inbound to the field. His co-pilot jumped out of the aircraft,” said an FAA staffer on a call

Tribune News Service

After NC co-pilot ‘exited’ plane, questions remain, sadness lingers where he was found

RALEIGH, N.C. — Since Friday, Emily Osborn hasn’t been able to go into her backyard, let alone look at the forest of trees that peer over her back fence.

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