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DOT investigating if ‘unrealistic scheduling’ at Southwest Airlines led to meltdown

U.S. Department of Transportation officials are investigating Dallas-based Southwest Airlines over whether the carrier’s holiday meltdown that stranded millions of travelers was caused by overscheduling flights.

Tribune News Service

Aviation Groups Have Complained for Years About the Outdated FAA Alert System That Crashed Today

Critics say the NOTAM system creates safety hazards by overloading pilots with hard to read and superfluous information while failing to alert them to real hazards.

Reason

US flights resuming after FAA alert system outage causes disruption

Thousands of flights delayed because of problem with system that alerts pilots about hazards or changes at airports

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Washington presses Southwest Airlines for prompt refunds, reimbursements after meltdown

The U.S. Department of Transportation and Secretary Pete Buttigieg will require Southwest Airlines to give prompt refunds and reimburse extra expenses after its holiday cancellation meltdown, adding pressure from Washington to speed along a move the carrier is already making to placate customers.

Tribune News Service

Southwest's meltdown could end up being good for travelers

The Southwest debacle could lead to big consumer-friendly changes

Axios

Philippines restores air traffic control after power outage

The Philippines restored air traffic control operations after hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted following technical issues that forced authorities to close the country’s airspace.

Bangkok Post

Manila New Year’s Day flights suspended on technical issues

Flights in and out of Manila were suspended on New Year’s Day because of technical issues related to navigation, the Philippine Department of Transportation said.

Bangkok Post

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Southwest Airlines passengers were threatened with arrest on Christmas for ‘trespassing’ at the airport they were stranded in

Southwest passengers stranded in Nashville on Christmas were told by airport police they no longer had valid tickets and risked arrest.

Fortune

‘System failure’: US blames Southwest Airlines for meltdown

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigeig says mass flight cancellations are not merely a ‘weather-driven issue’.

Al Jazeera

US government to review ‘unacceptable’ cancellations by Southwest Airlines as travel chaos continues

Thousands of flights have been cancelled amid frigid weather across United States

The Independent UK

DOT to probe Southwest cancellations that stranded flyers

The U.S. Department of Transportation says it will look into flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines that have left travelers stranded at airports across the country amid an intense winter storm that has killed dozens of people

The Independent UK

Pedestrian fatalities at highest rate in Connecticut in over 3 decades, data says

HARTFORD, Conn. — This year has been the deadliest for pedestrians in Connecticut since the late 1980s, according to most recent Department of Transportation data.

Tribune News Service

Company: Regulators OK reopening of Kansas pipeline segment

The operator of a pipeline that spilled about 14,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek says it has permission from U.S. government regulators to reopen the repaired segment where the rupture occurred

The Independent UK

Texans are dying on state highways every day — especially in rural “dead zones”

Fatal crashes in rural areas accounted for 51% of Texas’ 4,489 traffic fatalities in 2021, even though only about 10% of the state’s population lives in a rural area, according to data from the state’s department of transportation.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Kansas Oil Spill Biggest in US In Past Decade

A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a northeastern Kansas creek to nearly fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years and surpassing all the previous ones on the same pipeline system combined, according to federal data. The Keystone pipeline spill…

USAFacts

How many pedestrians and cyclists are killed by cars in America?

Traffic crash fatalities for pedestrians and cyclists have steadily increased in the past decade. Infrastructure improvements can make streets safer for walking and biking.

Reason

The Federal Government's Plan to Track Truckers' Every Movement Is a Privacy Nightmare

This surveillance would be unconstitutional—and there’s no reason to believe it will make anyone safer.

WEKU

West Virginians fight state officials to route highway around their towns

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Texas Observer

Climate Activists Sit In At Department of Transportation Over Oil Exports

Deepwater terminals in the Gulf would fuel output and growth despite the Biden administration's promises of steep emissions cuts.

Tribune News Service

Frustrated American Airlines flight attendants protest over contract as holidays near

Nearly 100 American Airlines flight attendants marched at DFW International Airport Tuesday, just a week ahead of one of the busiest travel holidays of the year — and it won’t be the last before the end of 2022.

Zenger

Florida Rushing To Repair Pulverized Roads That Left Families Stranded After Nicole

Another hurricane and destruction to the Florida coastline, state Department of Transportation crews once repairing again

Tribune News Service

States steer more money toward rural roads

Locals called it “The Roller Coaster” or “Delta Dips.”

The Independent UK

US daylight saving 2023: When do the clocks go back?

Turn your clocks back an hour on Sunday 5 November 2023

The Independent UK

US daylight saving 2022: When do the clocks go back?

Turn your clocks back an hour on Sunday November 6

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Why does daylight saving time exist?

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