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FAA: Helicopter hit gas pump canopy in Corona airport explosion
L.A. NOWA helicopter that burst into flames during a refueling stop in Corona hit the structure above the fuel pumps before the explosion, a federal official said Monday.... -
AAA joins call for ignition devices for first-time drunk drivers
AAA has joined the National Transportation Safety Board in calling for those convicted of drunk driving to have special ignition interlock devices installed that would prevent their vehicles from starting if the driver is intoxicated. The device,...
Tags: Justice System, Media Industry, National Transportation Safety Board, Crime, Law and Justice, AAA
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Letters: When your car is watching you
Re “AAA wants tougher rule for first-time drunk drivers,” Dec. 26 Requiring ignition interlocks, which prevent a vehicle from starting unless the driver is sober, in the cars of convicted drunk drivers would make all of us safer. As the...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, AAA, Manufacturing and Engineering, Passenger Cars, Automotive Equipment
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Copter pilot dies in crash while keeping crops from freezing
L.A. NOWThe pilot of a helicopter that went down in Central California was found dead Wednesday, Kern County sheriff’s officials said. The helicopter, which was one of two helicopters flying overhead to keep crops from freezing, was reported missing about... -
'Round About the Earth' traces a history of ambition and colorful personalities
-------------------- Round About the Earth Circumnavigation From Magellan to Orbit Joyce E. Chaplin Simon & Schuster: 560 pp., $35 -------------------- A trip on a 140-foot sailboat helped inspire Harvard professor Joyce E. Chaplin to write...
Tags: Space Programs, Sailing, Petroleum Industry, Satellite Technology, Trips and Vacations
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Midland police won't charge truck driver in Texas train crash
In the wake of last month's deadly Texas train crash, the Midland Police Department does not plan to file charges against the man who drove a parade float carrying 12 veterans and their wives onto railroad tracks, a city spokeswoman said Friday. The...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Accidents, Railway Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Subway rider, allegedly pushed, can't scramble off tracks in time
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.It’s a subway rider’s worst nightmare: being pushed onto the tracks. On Monday, it happened in midtown Manhattan where, according to witnesses, one man shoved another in front of an oncoming train, which crushed the victim to death before...Tags: Laws, Subway Transportation, Pharmaceuticals, Queens (New York City), Prosecution
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Driver in Texas veterans train tragedy has not yet talked to NTSB
Three weeks after a train crashed into a parade float filled with wounded veterans in Midland, Texas, crash investigators still haven't interviewed the man who drove the truck onto the railroad tracks. The detail was included in the National...
Tags: Justice System, National Transportation Safety Board, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Accidental Death
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Companies to spend more on business travel in 2013
American companies are ready to write bigger checks for business travel this year. The Global Business Travel Assn. is expecting companies to spend $266.7 billion in 2013. That’s a 4.6% increase over last year, when the “fiscal cliff”...
Tags: Business Trips, Fiscal Cliff, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Trips and Vacations, Travel
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Airlines offer new security plans for increase in passengers
As crowded as airports were over the holiday season, a new forecast predicts even more travelers will be hopping on planes in coming years. The International Air Transport Assn. trade group predicts that by 2016 airports around the world will serve 3....
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TSA pilot program lets fliers speed through security checks
To ease delays at airport security checkpoints, the Transportation Security Administration has launched a pilot program that lets average travelers hurry to their planes without having to remove their shoes or take liquids out of their carry-ons. But...
Tags: Tampa, John Wayne, Transportation Security Administration
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Lock out drunk drivers? Bid includes 1st offenders 'a sip over limit'
All people convicted of drunk driving should have special ignition interlock devices installed on their vehicles that keep them from starting the car if they are intoxicated, federal safety regulators said Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Criminals, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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