UNBELIEVABLE: 26 - The Untold Story

Terrifying plane incident highlights potential safety concerns

Discover the insights of former FAA safety inspector, David Soucy, as he shares his thoughts on the recent airplane incident and its impact on travelers' p...

Top News · Jan 6, 2024

CTA Yellow Line reopens Friday, 7 weeks after crash

The transit agency has been running shuttle buses along the Skokie Swift line since the Nov. 16 crash near the Howard Street station, when a southbound train struck a CTA snowplow being used for training.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 4, 2024

Tragic chopper crash claims lives of experienced news staff members

Tragic news as the NTSB investigates the cause of the deadly Philadelphia news chopper crash. Experienced pilot Monroe Smith and talented photographer Chri...

Top News · Dec 21, 2023

Slow down! As deaths and injuries mount, new calls for technology to reduce speeding

Safety advocates want all cars to come with technology that can tell drivers when they're speeding — or even force them to slow down. But the auto industry is not rushing to embrace it.

WEKU · Dec 6, 2023

US officials want ships to anchor farther from California undersea pipelines, citing 2021 oil spill

Federal investigators have concluded that a 2021 rupture of an undersea oil pipeline off the Southern California coast was likely caused by the proximity of anchored shipping vessels

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023

Technology to warn drivers they’re speeding would speed up prospect of safer roads

Nothing will deter some speed demons to ease up on the accelerator, but most drivers with a tendency to go over the speed limit would obey the rules of the road if they were given a nudge.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 5, 2023

Should new cars should come with speeding control systems? Drivers in Chicago have mixed reactions to federal push

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a recommendation last month that all new vehicles come with speed reduction technologies installed. Some drivers support the idea, but others have privacy concerns.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 1, 2023

Lawsuit blaming Tesla's Autopilot for driver's death can go to trial, judge rules

A jury should decide whether Tesla and Elon Musk oversold the electric car company’s Autopilot system and caused the fatal crash of a man who engaged it and took his hands off the steering wheel

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

So many questions — too few answers — about CTA Yellow Line crash

The CTA has said very little about last week’s Yellow Line crash. Even so, the incident is set to become another example of the transit agency’s woes, highlighting its shortcomings and failure to implement the latest technology.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2023

Passengers question role of human error in CTA Yellow Line crash

Passengers ask why a snow plow was on an active track. A transportation expert wonders how the CTA didn’t know stopping distances. Thirty-eight people were injured.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 19, 2023