Safety recommendations unfulfilled 7 years after Flight 1549
By JOAN LOWY More than seven years after an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie,…
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Smart City Challenge Final Pitch
Kansas City is one of seven finalists for a $40 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant that will transform transportation and technology in a way that benefits all Kansas City…
Trump campaign plane flying with expired registration
By JEFF HORWITZ and JOAN LOWY One of Donald Trump’s jets has been flying for months with an expired registration, Federal Aviation Administration records showed Tuesday. The Republican presidential candidate’s…
2 killed after Amtrak train hits backhoe, derails
An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, killing two people and sending more than 30 others to hospitals, authorities…
Report cites 241 close encounters between pilots, drones
By JOAN LOWY There have been at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that meet the government’s definition of a near midair collision, including 28…
Train derailment, fire prompts evacuation in Tennessee
A car on a CSX train carrying a flammable and toxic substance derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people within a 2-mile radius.…
AP Exclusive: Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year
The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion…
Drone on: US proposes rules for the era of drones
By JOAN LOWY Drone on, the government says.Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator’s sight. And probably not winging its way…