Nasty way to go. Photo: JOKER / Petra Steuer/ullstein bild (Getty Images) What kind of nightmares do you have about driving? Ones where you’re stopped at every red light when you’re in a rush, or ones where you crash off a cliff in a fiery blaze? What about ones featuring a loose car wash brush … Read more
Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 7, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Arsonists Shut Down German Tesla Plant For Weeks Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany isn’t expected to have … Read more
A 265-pound wheel fell off a United Airlines Boeing 777 after taking off from San Francisco International Airport on Thursday, smashing through a fence and into several cars in a nearby parking lot. The flight bound for Osaka, Japan diverted to Los Angeles and landed safely instead of taking a 12-hour trip across the Pacific … Read more
So far, 2024 really hasn’t been the year for air travel. In January alone there was the Japan Airlines fire, the Boeing 737 Max 9 that lost its door plug mid-flight, the discovery of more loose door plugs on other 737 Max 9s, a cockpit windshield that cracked mid-flight, a 747 shooting sparks through the … Read more
A Brightline train in Florida hit and killed a pedestrian this week, bringing the high speed rail line’s death toll for the year up to nine people. The latest death on the railway follows two back-to-back crashes with cars on the rail network, which sparked an inquiry from the feds into Brightline’s safety standards across … Read more
A VietJet pilot flying a plane full of passengers from Taipei, Taiwan to Bangkok, Thailand had to do a bit of extra work when a woman onboard his flight went into labor in the plane’s bathroom. Why You Should Trade in Your Old Audi A3 for a Used Polestar 2 | WCSYB? Pilot Jakarin Sararnrakskul … Read more
If you follow social media, you’ll know that there have been more than a few crashes and fender benders involving the Tesla Cybertruck. Yet another such crash happened in Beverly Hills last night, reportedly involving the actual owner of the truck. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) We came across the incident on Twitter X. A … Read more
Photo: Nancy Run Fire Company A Norfolk Southern train somehow crashed head-on into another Norfolk Southern train on the same track in Eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday. Fortunately, there was a third NS train on an adjacent track to break its fall. Two locomotives ended up on a river embankment after the crash, with container cars scattered … Read more
Boeing and Alaska Airlines are being sued for $1 billion in damages by three passengers who were onboard a 737 Max 9 flight that suffered a now-infamous door panel blowout midflight. The suit accuses both parties of negligence. Why You Should Trade in Your Old Audi A3 for a Used Polestar 2 | WCSYB? Announced … Read more
Gif: The Oregonian via YouTube A driver in Oregon has been captured on video careening off the highway and plummeting 200 feet in a reported case of distracted driving, reports Oregon Live. In a dashcam video shared on the site, the driver of a black car can be seen crashing off the roadway and vanishing … Read more
