Michael Laris The Washington Post
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Boeing Employees Knew In 2016 Of Problems That Turned Deadly On 737 Max, Texts Show
Text messages between Boeing employees in 2016 indicate that the company was aware of major problems with an automated feature on the 737 Max jet that made the aircraft difficult to control, the messages show.
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Alphabet Unit Wing to Make Drone Deliveries for Walgreens, FedEx in the US
Wing, the drone company that is part of Google parent Alphabet, on Thursday said it will launch a drone delivery pilot program with FedEx and Walgreens in the southwest Virginia town of Christiansburg next month.
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Boeing's 737 Max Jets Face New Glitch, This Time Over Flight Control Computer
The Federal Aviation Administration has discovered a potential problem connected to the flight control computer on Boeing's 737 Max jets that, in rare circumstances, could force the plane to dive in a dangerous, uncontrolled fashion.
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Aviation Body, Boeing Moving Fast On Lifting 737 Max Ban: European Pilots
An organization representing European pilots said Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have failed to resolve fundamental questions about the oversight and design of the 737 Max
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"No Warnings Appeared In Cockpit": Ethiopian Airlines On 737 MAX Crash
Ethiopian Airlines officials on Friday disputed Federal Aviation Administration chief Daniel Elwell's claim that the airline's failure to "adhere" to emergency procedures issued by the safety agency following the October crash of an Indonesian airliner contributed to the crash of their Boeing 737 Max five months later.
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Donald Trump Says US Will Ground Boeing 737 Max Involved In Fatal Crashes
The FAA developed new information from the wreckage of a 737 crash in Ethiopia that painted similarities to an earlier crash in Indonesia, leading the agency to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft in the U.S., three people familiar with the matter said.
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Urban Planners Race To Catch Up With Infra For Self-Driving Cars
When Sheryl Connelly was growing up in Metro Detroit, she worried that the ease of newfangled power steering was going to lull Americans into oblivion.
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Google-Spinoff Waymo Launches America's First Commercial Self-Driving Taxis
Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self-driving taxis that actually generate fares.
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Waymo Safety Driver Collides With Motorcyclist; Company Says Self-Driving Minivan Would Have Done Better
The motorcyclist was hospitalised, and Waymo said "we're sorry that a member of the community was injured in a collision with one of our cars."
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Uber Details Shortcomings in Self-Driving Car That Killed Pedestrian
Uber released safety reports that detail broad technological and management failings and describe efforts since the tragedy to address them.
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Uber-Commissioned Study Pushes New Ways to Measure Driverless Safety
A typical driving test considers basic skills: Can you parallel park? Do you know to yield to pedestrians? No such government exam is required for cars driven by a computer.
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Tesla Model X on 'Autopilot' Sped Up, Didn't Brake Before Crash: NTSB
NTSB said the Tesla running on "Autopilot" didn't try to turn away, didn't brake, and in fact accelerated significantly 3 seconds before the deadly impact.
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Before Florida Bridge's Collapse Killing 6 People, An Engineer's Warning
A lead engineer responsible for a pedestrian bridge that collapsed near Miami left a voicemail message for a state transportation official two days before the crash warning of "some cracking," state officials said Friday night.
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Man Disguised as Car Seat Teaches Driverless Cars How to Communicate
From eye contact to little waves, communication between humans is a vital part of what happens on the roads.
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Obama Administration Proposes That All New Cars Must Be Able to 'Talk to Each Other'
The Vehicle-to-Vehicle system would, for instance, tell a car to brake when another vehicle is about to run a red light, and potentially help save lives.
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Boeing Employees Knew In 2016 Of Problems That Turned Deadly On 737 Max, Texts Show
Text messages between Boeing employees in 2016 indicate that the company was aware of major problems with an automated feature on the 737 Max jet that made the aircraft difficult to control, the messages show.
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Alphabet Unit Wing to Make Drone Deliveries for Walgreens, FedEx in the US
Wing, the drone company that is part of Google parent Alphabet, on Thursday said it will launch a drone delivery pilot program with FedEx and Walgreens in the southwest Virginia town of Christiansburg next month.
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Boeing's 737 Max Jets Face New Glitch, This Time Over Flight Control Computer
The Federal Aviation Administration has discovered a potential problem connected to the flight control computer on Boeing's 737 Max jets that, in rare circumstances, could force the plane to dive in a dangerous, uncontrolled fashion.
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Aviation Body, Boeing Moving Fast On Lifting 737 Max Ban: European Pilots
An organization representing European pilots said Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have failed to resolve fundamental questions about the oversight and design of the 737 Max
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"No Warnings Appeared In Cockpit": Ethiopian Airlines On 737 MAX Crash
Ethiopian Airlines officials on Friday disputed Federal Aviation Administration chief Daniel Elwell's claim that the airline's failure to "adhere" to emergency procedures issued by the safety agency following the October crash of an Indonesian airliner contributed to the crash of their Boeing 737 Max five months later.
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Donald Trump Says US Will Ground Boeing 737 Max Involved In Fatal Crashes
The FAA developed new information from the wreckage of a 737 crash in Ethiopia that painted similarities to an earlier crash in Indonesia, leading the agency to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft in the U.S., three people familiar with the matter said.
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Urban Planners Race To Catch Up With Infra For Self-Driving Cars
When Sheryl Connelly was growing up in Metro Detroit, she worried that the ease of newfangled power steering was going to lull Americans into oblivion.
-
Google-Spinoff Waymo Launches America's First Commercial Self-Driving Taxis
Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self-driving taxis that actually generate fares.
-
Waymo Safety Driver Collides With Motorcyclist; Company Says Self-Driving Minivan Would Have Done Better
The motorcyclist was hospitalised, and Waymo said "we're sorry that a member of the community was injured in a collision with one of our cars."
-
Uber Details Shortcomings in Self-Driving Car That Killed Pedestrian
Uber released safety reports that detail broad technological and management failings and describe efforts since the tragedy to address them.
-
Uber-Commissioned Study Pushes New Ways to Measure Driverless Safety
A typical driving test considers basic skills: Can you parallel park? Do you know to yield to pedestrians? No such government exam is required for cars driven by a computer.
-
Tesla Model X on 'Autopilot' Sped Up, Didn't Brake Before Crash: NTSB
NTSB said the Tesla running on "Autopilot" didn't try to turn away, didn't brake, and in fact accelerated significantly 3 seconds before the deadly impact.
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Before Florida Bridge's Collapse Killing 6 People, An Engineer's Warning
A lead engineer responsible for a pedestrian bridge that collapsed near Miami left a voicemail message for a state transportation official two days before the crash warning of "some cracking," state officials said Friday night.
-
Man Disguised as Car Seat Teaches Driverless Cars How to Communicate
From eye contact to little waves, communication between humans is a vital part of what happens on the roads.
-
Obama Administration Proposes That All New Cars Must Be Able to 'Talk to Each Other'
The Vehicle-to-Vehicle system would, for instance, tell a car to brake when another vehicle is about to run a red light, and potentially help save lives.
