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Radio calls for help began 45 seconds before Mexican training ship hit Brooklyn Bridge: officials
About four minutes after the ship left the pier, a radio call went out asking for help from any additional tugboats in the area.
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Spanish investigation finds Lufthansa flight flew for 10 minutes without a conscious pilot
Autopilot was already activated during that 10-minute window, and the co-pilot's loss of consciousness did not impact the safety of the flight, the investigation found.
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NJ Transit, union officials reach deal to end rail strike, service to resume Tuesday
"NJ TRANSIT train service will resume on Tuesday, May 20," the commuter rail service said.
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Air-traffic controller says he averted midair collision near Newark
“I don’t want to be responsible for killing 400 people,” air-traffic controller Jonathan Stewart said.
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NJ Transit train engineers go on strike, stopping nation's third-largest commuter rail line
About 100,000 daily rail commuters will be inconvenienced by the strike.
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Duffy slams Biden admin for aviation issues, says COVID would have been 'perfect time' to fix it
On Monday alone, Newark and the Atlanta International airport experienced more than 450 flight delays.
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Newark airport grapples with another air traffic control outage
So far, about 80 flights have been canceled and more than 40 flights have been delayed as of Sunday afternoon.
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Newark air traffic controller says they lost contact with pilots multiple times since August
Air traffic controllers lost all communication with pilots flying into the Newark Liberty International Airport for approximately 90 seconds on April 28, but the ATC has been facing widespread scrutiny since January.
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Storms Monday add to staffing shortages, other woes at Newark airport that caused big weekend delays
Newark airport has had flight delays and cancellations for about a week, with United Airlines announcing it would cancel 35 round-trip flights daily.
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Mercedes-Benz announces it will add a new vehicle for production at Alabama plant
The luxury car brand did not specify what vehicle it would add to the Tuscaloosa plant, which currently produces SUVs, but the new vehicle is expected to be added by 2027.
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Black Hawk pilot didn't follow flight instructor prior to collision over Washington, DC: NYT report
"Turning left would have opened up more space between the helicopter and Flight 5342, which was heading for Runway 33 at an altitude of roughly 300 feet. She did not turn left," read the report
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Boeing leader says company is working with China to get back US airplanes amid tariff war
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said three planes have been sent to China, and two of them have already been returned. The third is in the process of being sent back to the United States.
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Elon Musk to scale back DOGE work in May as Tesla reports drop in revenue, profits
The billionaire said he will reduce the amount of time he spends working for the federal government to "a day or two per week," and the rest will be devoted to fixing the electric vehicle company.