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New York (AFP) - The US Federal Aviation Administration, sharply criticized after the crashes of two Boeing planes in 2018 and 2019, is again being dragged into a maelstrom surrounding the major American aerospace manufacturer. The dramatic mid-flight blowout on January 5 of a fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines plane precipitated the departures of a series of top Boeing officials -- including CEO Dave Calhoun, who is set to step down at year's end -- and the reduced production of the 737 MAX. But as Boeing faces multiple inquiries and audits in the United States and abroad, it has repeated...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Lawsuits are flying in a dispute between two California airports over the right to use the name "San Francisco" -- despite neither of them being in the city. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is suing the recently renamed San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK), insisting the similar sounding names might confuse potential passengers. Their lawsuit has been met with a counterclaim from The Port of Oakland asking a judge to rule its airport's new moniker -- which replaced "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport" -- is not a copyright infringement. "C...
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New York (AFP) - Tesla boss Elon Musk said Friday the electric vehicle manufacturer would invest over $500 million this year to install new superchargers, just days after a report of massive layoffs in this branch of the company. "Just to reiterate: Tesla will spend well over $500M expanding our Supercharger network to create thousands of NEW chargers this year," Elon said on X. "That's just on new sites and expansions, not counting operations costs, which are much higher," he added. According to tech news outlet The Information on Monday, Tesla was moving to disband its supercharger departmen...
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Washington (AFP) - The body of the sixth and final victim who died after a container ship struck a bridge in the US city of Baltimore has been recovered, Maryland state authorities said Tuesday. The Francis Scott Key Bridge, a major transit route into the busy port of Baltimore, collapsed on March 26 when the Dali container ship lost power and collided into a support column, killing six roadway construction workers. The victim was identified by authorities as 37-year-old Jose Mynor Lopez, a construction worker from Baltimore, Maryland, who had been working on the bridge when it collapsed. "Tod...
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New York (AFP) - Around 7,200 workers with Daimler Truck in three southern US states were poised Friday for a potential strike as labor contract talks headed down to the wire. Representatives for the United Auto Workers and Daimler Truck have been in talks over a new contract to replace the one that expires at midnight Friday night for workers who build long-haul trucks and buses. The UAW, led by President Shawn Fain, has vowed to strike at Daimler's sites, comprised of four industrial sites in North Carolina and one each in Tennessee and Georgia, if key demands are not met. In a webcast earli...
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Washington (AFP) - A cargo ship trapped by the collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore last month successfully left the port city on Thursday after a new temporary channel was opened, shipping data show. The March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by a huge container ship knocked out a major transit route into the port city and trapped cargo vessels inside. The authorities have been working around the clock to locate the bodies of six road maintenance workers who died in the disaster and reopen the channel to shipping traffic as swiftly as possible. A new tempor...
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Washington (AFP) - The FBI has launched a criminal probe targeting the container ship that crashed into a major road bridge in Baltimore last month, collapsing it and killing six people, US media reported Monday. The Washington Post described it as a "criminal investigation," and cited two unnamed US officials as saying the probe will look "at least in part" at whether the crew knew the ship had serious systems problems when it left the port. In a statement to AFP, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that as a matter of policy it does not confirm or deny investigations. But it did say its...
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New York (AFP) - The US freight company whose train derailed in Ohio last year, spilling large quantities of toxic chemicals, said Tuesday it has agreed to pay $600 million to settle lawsuits brought by the community over allegations of environmental damage and health problems. Norfolk Southern Corporation "has reached a $600 million agreement in principle to resolve a consolidated class action lawsuit relating to the East Palestine derailment," the company said in a statement. "If approved by the court, the agreement will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius from the derail...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Elon Musk revealed Friday that Tesla will pull back the curtain on a robotaxi this summer, news that comes as adoption of self-driving vehicles hits speed bumps over safety concerns. The billionaire boss of the electric car maker did not provide details, saying only in his post on X that the "Tesla Robotaxi unveil" will come on August 8. Tesla shares rose more than three percent in after-market trades following the post, after finishing the day down. Musk has long boasted of work Tesla is doing on its systems for electric cars to drive themselves. Tesla models with FSD (F...
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Baltimore (AFP) - US President Joe Biden promised Friday to "move heaven and earth" to rebuild a collapsed Baltimore bridge as he visited the site of the disaster that killed six people. "I'm here to say, your nation has your back," Biden said in front of the mangled remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which still lie across the huge cargo ship that destroyed it. As Biden's administration tries to limit the economic fallout in an election year, he added that a new channel allowing access to one of America's biggest ports would open by the end of May. The president flew over the wreckage o...
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