Transportation
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Dulles airport mobile lounge involved in second crash in recent weeks
“The shuttle was taken out of service for inspection,” Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority media relations said
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Cost to rebuild Baltimore's Key Bridge, toppled by cargo ship last year, expected to double
The Key Bridge is now projected to cost $4.3 billion to $5.2 billion to rebuild
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Nearly 1,000 flights canceled day after government reopens
The number of cancellations is down from earlier in the week, which had reached 2,953
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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.
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Proposed class-action suit claims Tesla sped up odometers on vehicles
"Tesla Inc. knowingly overstates the distances traveled in Tesla Vehicles, or at minimum tolerates substantial inaccuracy in distances traveled in Tesla Inc.’s favor, such that the 'odometers' in Tesla Vehicles indicate greater distances than what they actually travel," reads the lawsuit.
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New York City helicopter pilot radioed chopper was running low on fuel shortly after takeoff
Thursday's incident was not the first time the company had been flagged with safety concerns. New York Helicopter had filed for bankruptcy in 2019, citing hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt, which were largely for “repair services."
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Transportation Secretary Duffy sends safety review team to investigate deadly helicopter crash
The incident took place earlier in the day, after the helicopter crashed into the Hudson River. All six people on the helicopter, including three children, were killed.