Transportation safety

A destroyed car stands between rubble on a piece of land in Berlin Germany, Saturday,early Sept.7, 2019. Four people were killed in a serious traffic accident in the Mitte district. An off-road vehicle had raced over a sidewalk and through a building fence into a building plot and had killed passers-by in the process. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
1010 WINS Newsroom
September 09, 2019 - 1:53 pm

German government dodges debate over SUVs after fatal crash

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Monday it wouldn't be drawn into a debate over restricting large sports utility vehicles in cities after a crash in the capital killed four pedestrians, including a young boy. Even before last week's fatal crash, German road safety campaigners and some...
Read More
FILE- This April 11, 2018 photo shows Air France planes parked on the tarmac at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, in Roissy, near Paris. A French association of victims says investigating magistrates dropped the case against Air France and Airbus in the 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that killed all 228 people aboard. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
1010 WINS Newsroom
September 05, 2019 - 12:02 pm

French judges drop case against Air France for 2009 crash

PARIS (AP) — French judges dropped a decade-long investigation into Air France and planemaker Airbus over the 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, which killed all 228 people aboard and led to new aircraft safety regulations. The decision infuriated victims' groups in France and...
Read More
In this photo provided by the Ventura County Fire Department, VCFD firefighters respond to a boat fire off the coast of southern California, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard said it has launched several boats to help over two dozen people "in distress" off the coast of southern California. (Ventura County Fire Department via AP)
1010 WINS Newsroom
September 04, 2019 - 9:18 pm

Probe to find cause of boat fire could lead to criminal case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The captain and crew who leapt from a burning dive boat off Southern California saved themselves as 34 people perished below deck. Whether their escape from the Conception before dawn Monday was the only viable option, an act of cowardice or even a crime has yet to be determined...
Read More
FILE - This Tuesday, May 17, 2011, file photo shows the United Airlines logo on a rope line at O'Hare International Airport. On Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, United said it is again delaying the expected return date for its grounded Boeing 737 Max jets, until Dec. 19, six weeks longer than previously planned. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey, File)
1010 WINS Newsroom
August 30, 2019 - 6:32 pm

United removes Boeing Max from schedule until mid-December

United Airlines is again delaying the expected return date for its grounded Boeing 737 Max jets. The airline said Friday that it has removed the Max from its schedule until Dec. 19, six weeks longer than previously planned. United owns 14 Max jets, which have been grounded since March after the...
Read More
1010 WINS Newsroom
August 28, 2019 - 12:53 pm

The Latest: German rescue ship requests aid for 100 migrants

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on migration into Europe (all times local): 6:50 p.m. The crew of a German humanitarian ship carrying about 100 migrants in the Mediterranean has appealed to Malta to help find a quick solution so the ship can enter a safe harbor. German group Lifeline wrote in a letter...
Read More
People wait inside the Munich Airport in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Munich Airport says it has closed some of its terminals because a person has likely entered the "clean area" through an emergency exit door. The international airport tweeted Tuesday morning that terminal 2 and areas B and C or terminal 1 had been closed for police operations.(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
1010 WINS Newsroom
August 27, 2019 - 12:13 pm

Passenger at Munich airport held after bypassing security

BERLIN (AP) — Authorities at Munich airport detained a passenger who left a terminal via an emergency exit instead of going through passport control, prompting a temporary partial shutdown of one of Germany's busiest airports Tuesday. Police said the incident had been a mistake and the man is...
Read More
1010 WINS Newsroom
August 22, 2019 - 8:24 pm

FAA puts out a call for pilots to test changes in Boeing jet

DALLAS (AP) — Federal safety officials are recruiting pilots from airlines around the world to test changes that Boeing is making to the flight-control software on the grounded 737 Max jet. That's according to two people briefed on the situation. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the...
Read More
August 20, 2019 - 6:47 pm

TSA says traveler forgot snake at Newark security checkpoint

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A young girl discovered something slithery at a New Jersey airport security checkpoint: a 15-inch-long snake. Transportation Security Administration officials at Newark Liberty International Airport said in a release that it appears the thin, black snake with a yellow ring...
Read More
August 17, 2019 - 1:45 pm

Airport worker fired for giving passenger 'You ugly!' note

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — An airport security worker in New York has been fired for handing a passenger a handwritten note that said "You ugly!!!" The June incident came to light this week after passenger Neal Strassner obtained security video through a public records request and posted it to YouTube...
Read More
In this June 13, 2019 photo, truck driver Terry Button looks over his trailer during at stop in Opal, Va. The Trump administration has moved a step closer to relaxing federal regulations governing the amount of time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel. (AP Photo/Tom Sampson)
August 14, 2019 - 3:54 pm

Government moves toward easing drive-time rules for truckers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration took a key step Wednesday toward relaxing federal rules that govern the length of time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel, a move long sought by the trucking industry but opposed by safety advocates who warn it could lead to more highway crashes. The...
Read More

Pages