Transportation
Tesla Cybertruck bursts into flames outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas, killing one
A Tesla Cybertruck exploded and burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the entrance of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, killing a person inside the vehicle and injuring several others standing nearby, local officials said. The suspicious blast is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack, three senior law enforcement members briefed on the […]
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NYC congestion pricing set to start as planned Sunday after ruling in final lawsuit
Cars pass under toll machines on Broadway Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City on November 14, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images With just days to go before the nation’s first congestion toll begins in New York City, the pricing plan may have passed its final hurdle in a ruling from a […]
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Jeju Air plane crash raises questions about concrete wall at the end of the runway
The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed lies at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 30, 2024. Kim Hong-ji | Reuters Aviation experts are questioning the role of an airport design that positioned a mound of dirt and a concrete wall past the end of a […]
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Boeing 737-800, the model that crashed in South Korea, is one of the world’s most popular aircraft
A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 taking off from Osaka Kansai airport. Fabrizio Gandolfo | Lightrocket | Getty Images Accident investigators are trying to figure out what caused a Jeju Air flight to belly land without its landing gear down at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 people on […]
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Jeju Air crash: Boeing falls 4% in premarket as South Korea orders B737-800 inspection
The wreckage of Jeju Air Co. Flight 2216 at Muan International Airport in Muan County, South Korea, on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing shares dropped nearly 5% in premarket trading Monday, after South Korea ordered an inspection of all B737-800 planes, the model involved in a deadly Jeju […]
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Azerbaijan’s president says plane that crashed was shot at from Russia
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. Issa Tazhenbayev | Afp | Getty Images Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that the passenger plane that crashed in Kazakhstan killing 38 people had been damaged due to shooting […]
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At least 28 dead in fiery aircraft crash in South Korea, Yonhap reports
Firefighters carry out extinguishing operations on an aircraft which drove off runaway at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Jeolla Province, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2024. Yonhap | Via Reuters At least 28 people were killed when an airliner went off the runway and slammed into a wall at South Korea’s Muan International Airport […]
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Putin apologizes to Azerbaijan over ‘tragic’ plane crash, but stops short of taking responsibility
A drone view shows emergency specialists working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan December 25, 2024. Azamat Sarsenbayev | Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the president of Azerbaijan for the crash of the civilian airliner that killed 38 people, the Kremlin said Saturday, stopping short […]
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Azerbaijan Airlines says crashed flight saw ‘external and technical interference’ before it crashed
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. The Embraer 190 aircraft was supposed to fly northwest from the Azerbaijani capital Baku to the city of Grozny in Chechnya in southern Russia, but instead diverted far off course across […]
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Kremlin warns against speculation that Russia shot down Azerbaijan Airlines flight
The Kremlin on Thursday warned against speculating what may have caused an Azerbaijan Airlines flight to crash, killing 38 of the 67 on board, after an aviation expert said evidence indicated that a Russian anti-missile battery may have brought down the passenger plane. The Embraer 190 crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau while en route from Baku, […]
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