WASHINGTON — Federal regulators let Boeing write the safety conditions for the problematic battery system in its beleaguered 787 “Dreamliner,” prescribe how to test it and carry out those tests itself, according to testimony and documents released at a hearing ...

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WASHINGTON — Transportation officials say a train derailment in Maryland that resulted in the death of two young women caused $2.2 million in damage. The National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the accident, released a preliminary one-page report Wednesday. ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — Two young women killed when a freight train derailed and spilled coal were crushed to death, authorities said Thursday. Autopsies by the state medical examiner’s office found the women died of accidental “compressional asphyxia,” Howard County police ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — Investigators were checking videos, track conditions and maintenance records Wednesday to find the cause of a deadly train derailment in Maryland and figure out if two young women sitting on a railroad bridge over the town’s main ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — A train hauling coal derailed on a bridge in this city’s historic district, killing two college students who had been drinking together and hanging out on the tracks. Nearly two dozen railroad cars flipped over, including some ...

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration will bar airports nationwide from using a traffic-reversing operation that led to a close call last week at an airport near the nation’s capital. No commercial airports will be able to use the maneuver, ...

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HYATTSVILLE — The U.S. Transportation Department will have the power to withhold grant money to urban transit systems that don’t make safety improvements under a law signed this month by President Barack Obama. Lawmakers and transportation officials gathered Monday to ...

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WASHINGTON — A tour bus crash last year that claimed 15 lives was probably caused by a driver suffering from too little sleep and a bus company that provided too little safety oversight, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. ...

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WASHINGTON — Metro says it has completed installation of a key rail safety enhancement recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board. The transit agency announced Tuesday that it has completed the installation of its 178th mainline guarded rail switch on ...

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WASHINGTON — Rules aimed at preventing airline pilots from flying while dangerously fatigued were issued Wednesday by the Federal Aviation Administration, a move safety advocates have been urging for more than two decades. The rules update current pilot work schedule ...

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