NTSB officials say investigation is focused on whether inspection and maintenance practices at BNSF Railway contributed to the accident.
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Section of I-25 near Pueblo closed because of train derailment starts to reopen Wednesday afternoon
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis toured the crash site and announced both directions of the interstate should be open by Thursday afternoon
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A change to Colorado’s transportation funding process was tucked in a free-transit bill. Rural leaders are livid.
An amendment to a bill about free transit fares is stoking ire over how it would affect transportation funding for parts of Colorado with low population
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One of two planes that collided over Boulder County wasn’t transmitting signal as required, NTSB says
Three people were killed when two small airplanes collided midair and then crashed near Longmont
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Firefighting plane was inverted before fatal crash near Estes Park, witnesses told NTSB
Two witnesses saw a firefighting airplane that crashed while responding to a wildfire near Estes Park last month roll upside down before slamming into wooded terrain, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by the National Safety Transportation Board. One witness told federal air crash investigators that the plane’s pilot, Marc Thor Olson, did not […]
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Two passengers sue United Airlines for flight cut short by dramatic engine explosion over Denver
Two passengers on a flight from Denver cut short after the plane’s engine exploded over the Denver area filed lawsuits Friday against United Airlines claiming each “suffered, and continues to suffer, personal, emotional, and pecuniary injuries.” Passengers Joseph McGinley and Jonathan Strawn, who were on their way home to Hawaii on Feb. 20, claim in […]
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FAA grounds certain 777 planes after engine failure over Denver
By Thomas Peipert, The Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday ordered airlines in the United States to ground planes with the type of engine that blew apart after takeoff from Denver this past weekend until they can be inspected for stress cracks. The FAA’s order applies to U.S. operators of airplanes equipped with […]
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Small plane crashes near Telluride, killing newlyweds from Florida
A small plane crashed Monday afternoon near the mountain town of Telluride, killing both people aboard. Authorities say the two people killed were a couple from Port Orange, Florida, who “had eloped to Telluride for a small wedding and adventure-filled honeymoon that they were documenting online for friends and families to follow.” They were identified […]
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Pilot of plane that crashed in Colorado mountains, went undiscovered for months blamed for fatal wreck
The pilot of an unmaintained airplane that crashed high in the Colorado mountains and went undiscovered for months last year did not adequately plan out his flight or anticipate the weather conditions, which likely brought his plane down, federal air crash investigators say. Quentin Aschoff, a 67-year-old from Bend, Oregon, died in the wreck of […]
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Pilot disorientation caused deadly crash near Centennial Airport that left engine lodged in home, NTSB rules
The deadly crash of a small propeller plane last year near Centennial Airport, which left the aircraft’s engine lodged in the side of a Lone Tree home, was caused by the pilot’s disorientation in difficult weather conditions. The National Transportation Safety Board said 67-year-old Robert Marquis probably lost control of the Cirrus SR22 he was […]