FAA Plans Major Overhaul of Aviation Safety March 27, 2019 By David Shepardson and Eric M. Johnson The U.S. aviation regulator will significantly change its oversight approach to air safety by July following two fatal Boeing Co...
Black Boxes Show Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air Disasters Were Similar, Says Ethiopia March 18, 2019 By Maggie Fick and David Shepardson The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, Ethiopia...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash March 18, 2019 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Ariz., in which one of the...
SEC Sues VW, Ex-CEO over Diesel Emissions Scandal, Alleging Massive Investor Fraud March 15, 2019 By David Shepardson and Edward Taylor The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Volkswagen (VW) and its former chief executive Martin Winterkorn over the...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash March 6, 2019 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the...
2 Fatal Tesla Crashes in Florida Trigger Federal Safety Investigations March 4, 2019 By David Shepardson U.S. authorities are investigating a fatal Tesla Inc. Model S crash in Florida last Sunday that killed the driver and...
U.S. Bans Lithium Battery Cargo on Passenger Planes February 28, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. government said on Wednesday it is issuing new rules barring airlines from carrying potentially hazardous lithium-ion cells and...
Accidents Could Ground Drone Industry, House Committee Chair Warns February 18, 2019 By David Shepardson The commercial drone industry could be torpedoed if there were a serious accident involving a drone and a commercial aircraft,...
Accidents Could Ground Drone Industry, House Committee Chair Warns February 11, 2019 By David Shepardson The commercial drone industry could be torpedoed if there were a serious accident involving a drone and a commercial aircraft,...
Safety Agency Pulls Obama Proposal to Require Event Data Recorders in Cars, Trucks February 6, 2019 By David Shepardson The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday it is withdrawing a 2012 Obama administration proposal to require...