Boeing’s 737 Max was grounded in March of 2019 after two crashes five months apart killed 346 people. The cause was the egregious oversight of the Seattle-based airplane manufacturer where design flaws in the automated flight-control system were not corrected and...
Some people really like to work with their hands – to feel tired after working a long, hard day. For those who work in oil refineries, on ships, on docks or in shipyards, they face increased risks of injury on the job. Their jobs come with added dangers, such as being...
Technology has become the final frontier with cars and trucks. As manufacturers and researchers push toward mass-producing self-driving vehicles. One outgrowth of that emerging technology is that some new safety equipment can already help human drivers operate their...
Below Deck Mediterranean is a five-year-old reality show broadcast on the Bravo cable network. It follows the crew aboard a 150-foot yacht as they serve high-end clients and enjoy the job's perks. The show took a dramatic turn when longtime chief steward Hannah...
The most interesting recent news in aviation had almost nothing to do with airplanes. Rather, it was the story of a jetpack sighting near Los Angeles. According to NPR and other news agencies, crew members aboard a China Airlines flight headed to Los Angeles claimed...
When you encounter a truck on a highway or a city thoroughfare, you must approach it with care. While trucks move slower than most passenger vehicles, they also take longer to stop. Trucks’ large turning radii and multiple blind spots can further imperil drivers if...
It seems that every young boy (and some girls) goes through a phase where they want to be a firefighter. That urge passes for many, sometimes after realizing how dangerous an occupation it is. A study by the National Library of Medicine looks at the rate of fatalities...
One look will tell you why an accident involving a truck would be worse than one with a car. Trucks are bigger. If a car accident is like getting into a fight with the neighborhood bully, a truck accident is like getting into a fight with an MMA heavyweight. If you...
There is a growing crisis at sea. It has persisted for months and has only gotten worse over that time. As Bloomberg recently reported, there are roughly 300,000 seafarers currently stranded at sea. Many of them have served well beyond the terms of their contracts,...
We all know that fire is hot and that if you touch it, it will burn you. But when did you learn this information? How did you learn it? What might happen if you were to start forgetting things while you had open flames on your oven range? A pair of recent reports...
