Boeing CEO holds all-employee safety meeting following 737 MAX incident: ‘Acknowledging our mistake’
“Craman Countdown” panelists John Lynch and Sheila Kahyaoglu react to the door explosion of an Alaska Airlines Boeing plane mid-flight. Days after the plug door of a Boeing 737 MAX 9 was blown into the air, the company's CEO held an all-deck meeting with staff at the 737 factory in Renton, Wash., on Tuesday to […]
Boeing asked FAA to exempt new model of its 737 Max jet from safety inspection
Boeing asked federal regulators to exempt its new 737 Max 7 model from safety standards, just weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that an Alaska Airlines flight had a blown-out window panel. As a result, the company ordered the early suspension of Max aircraft operations. Federal officials said last year that the company […]
Feds blame 2021 DC derailment on ‘poor safety culture’
The top federal transportation safety official on Thursday slammed Washington's regional transit authority, saying a “poor safety culture” led to an October 2021 derailment and grounding hundreds of new Metro cars. criticized. The National Transportation Safety Board's final report on the incident concluded that the Washington Regional Metropolitan Transportation Authority had long been aware of […]
NYC suburbanites shun Broadway over ‘safety concerns’: survey
Broadway is seeing fewer theatergoers from New York City's suburbs, largely due to “safety concerns” in Manhattan, a study has found. The Great White Way sold 12.3 million tickets for the 2022-2023 season, according to data released by the Broadway League last month. That's a 17% decrease from 2018-2019, the last full season before Broadway […]
NYC bans Brooklyn Bridge vendors as mayor cites overcrowding, safety concerns
Vendors on the Brooklyn Bridge will be prohibited from selling souvenirs starting Wednesday to alleviate sidewalk overcrowding. He said the decision was made by New York City Mayor Eric Adams after holiday crowds led to dangerous conditions. The ban applies to all bridges in the city, but the Brooklyn Bridge faces particular problems because of […]