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Rivian finally has a second customer for its commercial electric vehicles. Today, AT&T announced it’s spinning up a pilot program to switch its commercial fleets to EVs, including Rivian’s commercial van and R1 platform trucks. AT&T’s first Rivian EVs are expected to join the fleet in early 2024. However, there are no details on how … Read more
Image: Columbia Live out your Hoth fantasies—look, some Star Wars fans happen to prefer the characters when they’re stuck in freezing cold environments—with Columbia Sportswear’s latest collaboration with Lucasfilm. The special-edition line is inspired by Luke Skywalker’s iconic flight suit from the Star Wars universe. The ski resort and snow gear collection is perfect to … Read more
Ravi Menon, managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore, speaks during the Singapore FinTech Festival in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The festival runs through Nov. 17. Lionel Ng | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Come 2024, Singapore will pilot the live issuance and use of wholesale central bank digital currencies, said Ravi … Read more
The commercial airline pilot charged with nearly killing dozens of passengers is speaking out for first time, believing he could have snapped out of his terrifying hallucinogenic state if he destroyed the plane. Joseph Emerson was interviewed Friday by the New York Times in Portland’s Multnomah County Jail, telling a reporter, “I thought it would … Read more
A pilot who crash-landed into alligator-infested waters in the remote Florida Everglades was rescued from the wing of his plane, on Tuesday, October 31. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue jointly responded to reports of a downed Cessna Skyhawk 172M aircraft in a remote area of South West Broward County, Florida. The first … Read more
A Spirit Airlines airplane taxis for takeoff at Denver International Airport in Denver on Feb. 7, 2022. Michael Ciaglo | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spirit Airlines will suspend training for new pilots and flight attendants next month “until further notice,” according to company memos, as it plans for slower growth amid softer demand and the … Read more
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The wife of a former Alaska Airlines pilot who prosecutors say tried to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight while riding in the cockpit jump seat said Thursday she knew her husband was struggling with depression but that she was in a state of shock over his arrest. “This … Read more
Play video content New audio from the flight that was almost taken down by an off-duty pilot details the terrifying incident — and it reveals a huge understatement from the flight’s actual pilot … who described the guy as going “overboard.” The recording starts not long after 44-year-old Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson allegedly tried … Read more
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot is in big trouble after allegedly trying to take down a plane from a sister airline — and you can tell by the dozens of charges he’s now facing. 44-year-old Joseph D. Emerson — who’s employed by Alaska — was arrested and booked Monday on 83 counts of attempted murder … Read more
SYDNEY — A Sydney court on Monday postponed an extradition hearing for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators until May as his lawyers attempt to further build their case. Boston-born Dan Duggan, 55, was scheduled to fight his extradition to the United States at a Nov. 23 hearing in the … Read more