Image: Kevin Carter (Getty Images) Another Southwest flight flew dangerously close to the ocean this month and now the Federal Aviation Administration wants to know what the heck is going on at the airline. ‘Twister’ Remains The Greatest Car Commercial Of All Time The Florida flight is one of three similar incidents that have happened … Read more
No buttons here, officer, I promise. Photo: Volkswagen It feels as though automakers have been on a war against physical buttons, swapping them out in favor of touch screens and capacitive sensors wherever possible. Now, it sounds like the safety implications of that switch are coming back to haunt Volkswagen with some owners blaming the … Read more
Surveillance camera footage captured a truly wild scene as the lives of two people were saved from a car that was about to roll over them in Milwaukee over the weekend. The hero in all of this? A disused payphone pedestal. This is why it’s important to embrace tradition. The incident starts with a two-car … Read more
Screenshot: WKBW / YouTube A CSX freight locomotive overran the tracks at a railyard, smashed through a fence and then carried 30 feet into a detached garage in Niagara Falls, New York on Monday morning. Incredibly, no one was injured in the massive crash, but the derailment spilled up to 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel. … Read more
Image: CBS Chicago YouTube We hate to be the ones to break it to you, but America’s only national treasure, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, was involved in a roll over accident (note that is roll over and not roller like where you usually find wieners at 7-Eleven.) The deliciously shaped vehicle struck a car before … Read more
Photo: Robert Smith | MI News/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Scorching temperatures on the ground this summer (and for every summer hereafter) are causing soda cans to explode on Southwest Airlines planes, injuring at least 20 flight attendants. The cans are baking in the sun while waiting on the tarmac to be loaded, then blowing up when … Read more
Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto (Getty Images) Coal — the rock, not the roll — is one of the dirtier fuel sources out there, with both mining and burning it often leading to serious medical complications for those involved. Now, though, research suggests yet another way coal hurts people: Just transporting it. ‘Twister’ Remains The Greatest Car Commercial … Read more
Cybersecurity software Crowdstrike experienced a global outage on Friday, causing problems in a variety of industries, from financial to air travel and even taking down emergency services in some areas. It was an absolute disaster that, among other things, left thousands of travelers stranded, and it’s still causing canceled flights. On Friday alone, airlines canceled … Read more
This is the remains of the 1.5-millionth Corvette produced.Photo: National Corvette Museum The American automotive world was rattled in 2014 when a 40-foot deep sinkhole suddenly opened under an exhibit at the National Corvette Museum and swallowed eight rare ’Vettes. Ten years after the catastrophe, the museum has curated an exhibit to commemorate the recovery … Read more
Photo: Jan Jankai / Facebook A laptop sparked a small fire on an American Airlines flight last Friday before the plane even rolled back from the gate in San Francisco. The crew attempted to evacuate the Airbus A321 calmly as the cabin filled with smoke, but it devolved into chaos as passengers pushed and shoved … Read more
