News tagged with 'Airline, Cruise, Bus, and Other Mass Transit Accidents'

The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Thursday that dozens of passengers aboard another Caribbean cruise ship have fallen ill due to a gastrointestinal disorder. Nearly 115 passengers and three crew members aboard P&O Cruises' Oceana have developed a Norwalk-like virus, the third cruise l

Nearly 200 passengers aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship returned to port Monday suffering from a Norwalk-like virus, the latest incident involving a gastrointestinal illness to plague the cruise line industry. A spokesperson for Carnival revealed that 190 guests and four crew aboard the Fascination , which was carry

Holland America Line announced Tuesday that it has canceled the next sailing of the cruise liner Amsterdam , only days after a lawsuit was filed by dozens of passengers who contracted a Norwalk-like virus during their Caribbean cruise earlier this month. The Amsterdam , which is scheduled to return Thursday from its

A lawsuit was filed against Holland America Line last week after dozens of passengers aboard the cruise liner Amsterdam contracted a Norwalk-like virus (inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach and intestines) during a Caribbean cruise earlier this month. Over 160 of the Amsterdam's 1,900 passengers beca

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are still trying to determine what caused yesterday's derailment of an Amtrak passenger train outside of Washington, D.C. A spokesperson for the NTSB said investigators are now focusing on the train's two event recorders, devices similar to an airplane's "

An Amtrak train traveling to Washington, D.C. from Chicago derailed this afternoon outside of Kensington, Maryland, about 10 miles north of the capital. Authorities at the scene say dozens of passengers were injured in the accident, six seriously. The train, carrying 190 passengers and 12 crewmembers, had 13 passenge

Two crewmembers died yesterday when their PB4Y air tanker crashed outside of Denver, Colorado while attempting to drop fire retardant on a 1,200-acre wildfire. Witnesses told investigators with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Transportation Safety Board today that after erupting into flames, the plane's left

A jury recently awarded $30.1 million to a sanitation worker who suffered severe injuries when his truck was struck by a Union Pacific Railroad train. In January 1998, Charles Rolf was crossing Union Pacific railroad tracks on a county road outside of Goodwin, Arkansas when a train hit the back of his garbage truck.

Four of the nation's largest airlines, American, United, Continental and Northwest, are facing separate lawsuits filed by five passengers who were removed from flights last year in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Michael Dasrath, Edgardo Cureg, Aseem Bayaa, Hassan Sader and Arshad Chowdhury, all of either Middle

The children of a 75-year-old woman who died from injuries she allegedly sustained while riding on a monorail at Tampa International Airport have filed a lawsuit against the airport and the county aviation authority. Adele Simpson fractured her hip in December 1999 when a monorail that transports passengers from the a

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported yesterday that faulty maintenance conducted by CSX Transportation may have contributed to last month's Amtrak crash in Florida. A spokesperson for the NTSB said in the months before the accident, CSX, which owns and maintains the tracks just s

CSX Transportation recently settled a lawsuit with the family of a 15-year-old boy who was killed when a coal train derailed and crashed into his home. The 80-car CSX train slammed into Eddie L. Rogers' house at close to 60 mph, spilling several tons of coal in the process. Asleep on his living room couch, Rogers suf

An Amtrak passenger train carrying 137 people derailed this morning outside of Ridgeland, South Carolina. Ten rail cars went off the track when the train slammed into a log truck at a crossing. Jasper County investigators say there were no fatalities although fifteen passengers were reported injured, two seriously.

A new study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveals that lap belts on school buses may increase the risk of a child suffering a neck injury in the event of an accident. The NHTSA plans to present the report, which is based on several years of research, to Congress. Currently, F

The families of fifteen people who died aboard American Airlines Flight 587 on November 12, 2001 have filed lawsuits against the airliner. The suits allege American failed to adequately train employees to work on the aircraft and neglected to properly inspect the jet before it took off from New York's Kennedy Internat