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Midland Driver Won’t Face Charges In Vets Parade Crash

Officials in a West Texas city where four wounded veterans died when a train hit their parade float wouldn’t say Friday why they won’t pursue criminal charges against the driver.

2012/12/07

Warning Signals Activated Before Midland Crash Says NTSB

Federal investigators say the warning signals at a railroad crossing activated 20 seconds before a float crossed the tracks in a parade that killed four military veterans and injured 16 others.

2012/11/17

Military Veterans Killed In Midland Train Wreck

A freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 17 others as the float drove through a West Texas railroad crossing on its way to an honorary banquet, authorities said.

2012/11/15

A helicopter hovers on June 3, 2012 over the scene of the crash of a Dana Airline plane that plunged onto a plot containing a church, a two-storey residential building and a printing shop in Lagos. AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL AREWA

NTSB To Help Nigeria Investigate Crash That Killed UNT Student

An investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board will be heading to Nigeria to help piece together the cause of a jet crash that claimed the life of a former University of North Texas student.

2012/06/06

This file photo shows a single-engine plane flying through the air. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Private Texas Plane Crashes In Denver, 2 Killed

Authorities say two people are dead and four others injured after a private airplane from Texas crashed just short of an airport runway during a heavy snowstorm in Colorado.

2012/02/19

Could US Drivers Ever Abide By Cellphone Ban?

Junior Woods has a well-practiced routine for conducting business on the road: While driving throughout rural Arkansas, the electronics salesman steals a glance at his cellphone every so often, checking for text messages and emails.

2011/12/14

Feds Urge No Phones Or No Texting While Driving

Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies.

2011/12/13

NASCAR Owner Hendrick Hurt In Florida Plane Crash

NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick and his wife Linda are recovering at a Florida hospital after their plane crash landed at an airport in Key West.

2011/10/31

Indicator Light Alerts Pilot To Fuel Leak, Immediately Lands Aircraft

A pilot taking off from the Lancaster Airport at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday noticed an indicator light alerting him to a fuel leak and immediately turned around and landed, FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said.

2011/09/18

Southwest Wraps Inspections, Finds 5 Planes With Cracks

Southwest Airlines says it has finished inspecting planes grounded since the weekend.

2011/04/05

Investigation Continues On Hole In Roof Of Jet

Federal records show cracks were found and repaired a year ago in the frame of the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 that made an emergency landing at an Arizona military base after a hole was torn from the passenger cabin.

2011/04/03

Southwest Flight Diverted For Hole In Roof

Friday was a rough day in the skies for both North Texas-based airlines. A Southwest Airlines jet had to divert in Arizona just hours after an American Airlines flight had to land in Ohio.

2011/04/01