Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

• Bird Strike Incidents Made Public By FAA

  Chrissie Cole | April 24, 2009 10:18 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports in the last decade, according to a newly released information by the Federal Aviation...

• Federal Aviation Administration to propose new rules regarding helicopter safety equipment

  Rick Shapiro | April 23, 2009 5:10 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  In light of 35 fatal helicopter crashes over the last two years, the Federal Aviation Administration plans to propose a new ruling requiring medical helicopters to use collision avoidance systems....

• Woman Breaks Neck In Airplane Turbulence

  Chrissie Cole | April 20, 2009 6:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A South Texas woman was paralyzed this weekend when severe turbulence struck her Continental Airlines flight, according to officials. The unidentified woman, 47, sustained a fractured neck when...

• Texting Truck Driver Arresting After Hitting School Bus

  Eddie Farah | April 08, 2009 1:35 AM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Seven months after a school bus erupted into flames, killing one student aboard, the driver of an 18-wheeler that caused the crash has finally been arrested. 30-year-old Reinaldo Gonzales turned...

• MA Senate Rejects Damages Cap For Serious Personal Injuries

  Carrie Strasser | April 06, 2009 9:59 AM | 1 CommentEastern Massachusetts, MA

  The MA Senate was in the process of voting on a transportation reform bill last week, when Governor Patrick's proposed $100,000.00 cap on personal injury damage awards was weakened to include a...

• What Kind Of Buses Are Carrying Our Athletes?

  Mike Bryant | April 05, 2009 9:14 AM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  I've blogged a couple of times about the rising number of bus accidents recently in Minnesota. Also about the questions of bus safety and seat belts. ESPN this past week did an excellent job of...

• Wrongful Death Suit filed by Widow of Flight 3407

  Oguz Ozdemir | April 02, 2009 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The fatal air crash about four weeks ago claimed the lives of fifty people on February 12, 2009. One of those victims, Ernest W. West, was one of those fifty victims who were killed in the plane...

• Bicyclist Dies after Crashing with ECU Bus in Greenville, North Carolina (NC)

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | April 01, 2009 9:09 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  A bicyclist that had collided with a traveling East Carolina University bus on Thursday March 26th has died. The accident happened around 1:00pm near the intersection of 10th Street...

• Currituck County School Bus Veers Off Road Into Marsh

  Jim Lewis | March 27, 2009 11:51 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  During the usual early morning route a Knotts Island, North Carolina (NC) school bus driver veered off the shoulder of the road leaving its front end perilously into the marsh. The bus accident...

• Bus Accident Injures Dayton Students

  Chrissie Cole | March 23, 2009 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsDayton, OH

  Students from Franklin Montessori School were taken to the hospital following a bus accident, said Dayton Police. Thankfully, none of the injuries appear to be serious. The accident happened in...