US B-52 'in nuclear cargo error'
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A B-52 bomber flew the length of the US mistakenly loaded with nuclear missiles, air force sources are quoted saying.
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U.S. customs officials did not have  proper technology to detect depleted uranium shipped into the  country in 2002 and 2003, an internal audit showed on Thursday  as it urged changes in the inspection process.
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A shipment of weapons-grade plutonium has left the United States for a nuclear reactor in France, drawing protests from activists who believe the shipment poses both an environmental and terrorist threat.
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British Airways said that &quot;very low traces of a radioactive substance&quot; had been found on two of its three aircraft taken out of service in the probe into the death of a former Russian spy.
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Operators mistakenly took a Navy pilot's F/A-18 Hornet for an incoming Iraqi missile during the spring 2003 invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Central Command said Friday.
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Six nuclear warheads on air-launched cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, the U.S. Air Force has confirmed.
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The Air Force has made substantial changes in its handling of nuclear weapons in the wake of a B-52 flight last August during which the pilots and crew were unaware they were carrying six air-launched cruise missiles with nuclear warheads, according to a policy directive approved last week.
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The Air Force is planning to fire at least five officers for an incident in which nuclear-armed missiles were mistakenly loaded on a B-52 bomber and flown across the U.S. -- the worst known violation of nuclear security rules in decades.
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A shipment of radioactive material  ordered by Halliburton Co. that went missing in New Jersey was  found in Boston on Wednesday, the company said in a filing to  federal regulators this week.
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has officially blamed pilot error for the crash of an American Airlines Airbus A-300 in New York in November 2001 that left 265 people dead.
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U.S. safety investigators on Monday blamed crew error for the deadly crash of a corporate jet two years ago in Texas that was heading to pick up former President George H.W. Bush when it went down.
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By Thomas J. Prohaska  The Army and the Department of Homeland Security have been reviewing security at the site where nuclear waste from the World War II atomic bomb project is buried, it was disclosed Saturday at a public information session here.
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WASHINGTON, DC - An error by the co-pilot caused the second-worst air disaster in US history, which killed 265 people in November 2001, National Transportation Safety Board staff said Tuesday.
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The US government has admitted its network of border radiation detectors designed to prevent the smuggling of a &quot;dirty bomb&quot; could be fooled, in a conclusion that lends credence to charges voiced by Democrat John Kerry during the presidential campaign.
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The UN nuclear agency says several hundred tons of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility. The facility once played a key role in Saddam Hussein&#39;s efforts to build a nuclear bomb.
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One misstep on this former U.S. Navy bombing range can be fatal.
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A Halliburton Co. shipment of radioactive material that landed in New York in October was lost en route to Texas, and was not found until Wednesday, when it turned up in Boston.