Transportation
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Unlicensed speedboat pilot charge in infant's death after craft capsized in Statue of Liberty tour
An unlicensed pilot of an overloaded nighttime tour boat was criminally charged after a boat capsized and resulted in the drowning deaths of a mother and her infant
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Weather conditions prompt massive flight delays, cancellations at NYC airports
Travelers flying into the city's three major airports of LaGuardia, JFK and Newark faced hours of grueling delays or cancellations of hundreds of flights after the city's Emergency Management Department warned of flash flooding until 9 p.m.
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FAA probes potential safety violation involving president's Marine One
FAA officials said the incident was not a close-call and no aircraft were in immediate danger, but it marked a breach in safety procedures, which calls for air traffic controllers to pause commercial aircraft activity at the airport where Marine One takes off.
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FAA certifies smallest Boeing 737 Max to fly, may be months before airlines schedule flights
Southwest and other airlines had wanted to begin offering service with the aircraft prior to the pandemic, but the certification faced years of delays resulting from fatal crashes of the Max 8 model, a redesign of the engine anti-icing system and other safety and manufacturing problems.
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Empty Transportation Department buildings are costing American taxpayers $370 million a year: GAO
The agency’s largest spaces had an occupancy rate of just 34% on average, the GAO found, and among those underutilized buildings are the Department of Transportation headquarters and the FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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One person died in small plane crash southeast of Phoenix, cause is being investigated
The plane is believed to have taken off from the Chandler airport shortly before it crashed into a commercial storage yard.
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Democratic socialist mayors' plans for free bus rides spark fear of 'rolling homeless encampments'
Fare-free bus initiatives are gaining traction in deep blue cities like Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and New York City.
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Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor plane found in ocean 74 years after crash that killed 52 people
All 69 passengers and crew members on board the plane survived the initial crash in 1952, but 52 of them later died after the plane’s tail section broke off and the fuselage sank into the ocean.
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General Motors beats Wall Street second-quarter expectations as EV retreat narrows losses
The company's revenue in the second quarter was $48.03 billion versus the expected $47.01 billion, and its earnings per share was an adjusted $3.57 versus an expected $3.20.
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FAA chiefs outlines plans to reform air travel and US air traffic control systems
Bedford highlighted how outdated and neglected the air traffic control system is, but said he has plans to overhaul flight scheduling in September through the use of artificial intelligence to improve flight management.
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United to offer free flight changes to passengers wanting to avoid Trump International airport
Palm Beach International was renamed earlier this month, and though the airport is otherwise unchanged, some passengers apparently don't want any association with an airport carrying the president's name.
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Tesla touts benefits of self-driving tech for elderly with story of 93-year-old woman on the road
Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) technology is available as a subscription for Tesla vehicle owners
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Boeing jet makes emergency landing after window dislodges mid-flight, passenger nearly sucked out
The man's wife held onto him by his legs, and with help from other passengers, she was able to pull him back inside the cabin.