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Investigators cite Tesla Autopilot limits in fatal crash
September 13, 2017 Joan Lowy - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON – Design limitations of the Tesla Model S’s Autopilot played a major role in the first known fatal crash of a highway vehicle operating under automated control systems, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board said the…
Dash 8 crew erroneously thought convective activity was not a factor in Mont-Joli approach incident: TSB
August 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterA combination wind shear and turbulence was one factor in a 2016 incident in Quebec in which a pilot had “temporary difficulty” controlling a Dash 8 below 2,000 feet, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said in a recent investigation…
NTSB: Damage to New Jersey train hampering investigation
October 13, 2016 The Associated PressHOBOKEN, N.J. – Heavy damage to the front of a commuter train that slammed into a New Jersey station last month, killing a woman and injuring 100 people, is hampering the investigation into what went wrong. The National Transportation Safety…
Distracted engineer blamed in deadly Amtrak wreck
May 19, 2016 Michael R. Sisak - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON – The Amtrak engineer whose speeding train ran off the rails in Philadelphia last year was apparently distracted by word that a train nearby had been hit by a rock, federal investigators concluded Tuesday, pinning most of the blame…