National Transportation Safety Board

Ford Slashes F-150 Lightning Price To Reignite Sales

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Good morning! It’s Friday, April 12, 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. Ford Is Gearing Up To Make A Lot More F-150 Lightnings 1st Gear: Ford Cuts Up To $5,500 … Read more

Cargo Ship That Crashed Into Baltimore Bridge Is Carrying 764 Tons Of Hazardous Material: NTSB

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Photo: Tasos Katopodis (Getty Images) The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapsed early Tuesday morning after the cargo ship the MV Dali collided with one of the bridge’s support pylons. Now, reports from the National Transportation Safety Board have confirmed that 56 containers on that ship were carrying hazardous material. Some of those … Read more

Boeing 737 Max Investigation Hampered By Camera Auto-Delete

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Photo: National Transportation Safety Board The investigation into how a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight in January has featured several roadblocks. The latest obstacle is Boeing’s lack of security camera footage inside its Renton, Washington factory as federal investigators struggle to identify the employees who … Read more

‘Extremely Dumb’ Arson Attack Means Tesla’s German Plant Won’t Have Power For 10 More Days

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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

What to know about Boeing 737 Max groundings after Alaska Airlines emergency

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded more than 100 Boeing planes Saturday, after an Alaska Airlines flight suffered an inflight blowout that left a large hole in the side of the aircraft and forced it to make an emergency landing. Here’s what to know about the incident and the ongoing fallout: Alaska Airlines flight experiences … Read more

What to know about Boeing 737 Max groundings after Alaska Airlines emergency

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded more than 100 Boeing planes Saturday, after an Alaska Airlines flight suffered an inflight blowout that left a large hole in the side of the aircraft and forced it to make an emergency landing. Here’s what to know about the incident and the ongoing fallout: Alaska Airlines flight experiences … Read more