A seaplane lifted off directly into the side of a boat while setting off on a Saturday sightseeing flight from a harbor in Vancouver, Canada. The pilot and five passengers onboard De Haviland DHC-2 Beaver escaped the crash uninjured, CBC News reports. Those on the boat weren’t as lucky, with two people being sent to … Read more
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) just released new crash test results for three full-size, three-row SUVs — the Ford Expedition, Chevrolet Tahoe, and Jeep Wagoneer — and these family haulers had varied crash test performances. Full-size SUVs are popular choices due to their size and the perceived safety that comes with that size, … Read more
A monster truck took down a power line during a jump at a show in Maine last Saturday. The lobster-themed truck called Crushstation pulled down multiple utility poles and sent a transformer crashing to the ground near a grandstand, the AP reports. Two people were sent to the hospital, but the incident could have been … Read more
Delivery riders overtook construction workers as those most likely to die on the job. Photo: Justin Heiman (Getty Images) If you had to guess which city center job came with the highest risk of death, what would you go for? Something in construction or refuse management, perhaps? Well you’d be wrong, as it turns out … Read more
Image: Zunum A federal jury found that Boeing misappropriated trade secrets from Zunum, a failed electric plane startup. The aircraft manufacturer was a sizable investor in Zunum through its venture capital division, Horizon X. The electric startup claims that Boeing launched a targeted campaign to steal proprietary information to develop its own hybrid-electric aircraft, Reuters … Read more
No, this woman was not on the flight.Photo: Ivan-balvan (Getty Images) More than two dozen passengers on a United Airlines from Vancouver to Houston who were previously on a cruise puked so much on the plane that it had to be taken out of service for deep cleaning. No, this isn’t the plot of “Airplane!” … Read more
Have you got an irrational fear that hits when you head out on a drive? For me it’s a worry that a tree will fall off the back of a logging truck and smash through the front windscreen. For other people it’s driving across long bridges. If you fall into the latter camp, then you … Read more
A person was killed after being sucked into the engine of a KLM Embraer jet. Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto (Getty Images) A person has died at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after they were sucked into the engine of a plane preparing for takeoff. A KLM Embraer jet bound for Denmark was full of passengers … Read more
Photo: CBS / YouTube The Department of Defense is probably looking at Lockheed Martin’s refund policy after a brand-new F-35 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday afternoon. The recently built aircraft was being transferred from an assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas to Edwards Air Force Base in California. The F-35B slammed into a hillside near … Read more
Folks are pretty rattled about problems with big jets thanks to some high profile incidents involving Boeing aircraft, but it’s actually the little guys you have to look out for. Case in point, this small Cessna which came incredibly close to crashing through someone’s house over the weekend. The 2024 Indy 500 Will Be Remembered … Read more
