Hacker News with Generative AI: Accidents

Breakup of SpaceX's Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports (nytimes.com)
Starship, — the huge spacecraft that Elon Musk says will one day take people to Mars — failed during its latest test flight on Thursday when its upper stage exploded in space, raining debris and disrupting air traffic at airports from Florida to Pennsylvania.

Space Exploration, Spacecraft, Accidents, Florida

19 points by FireBeyond 2 days ago | 3 comments

Seven injured after SK fighter jet accidentally drops bombs (bbc.com)
Fifteen people in South Korea were injured, two of them seriously, after a pair of fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district during a live-fire military exercise, local media reported.

Military, Accidents, South Korea

22 points by kelt 3 days ago | 5 comments

Air-Traffic Staffing Rules Tightened at Reagan Airport After Fatal Crash (wsj.com)
Irregular air-traffic control staffing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is under scrutiny after a deadly accident earlier this year. It isn’t the first time.

Aviation Safety, Accidents, Government Regulation, Washington D.C.

16 points by impish9208 3 days ago | 6 comments

Cargo ship will be stuck in mud 'for a month' (bbc.com)
A cargo ship that ran aground in the Humber estuary is likely to remain in the channel for "the next month", officials have said.

Shipping, Accidents, News, UK

7 points by mooreds 3 days ago | 1 comments

How the Boeing 737 MAX Disaster Looks to a Software Developer (2019) (ieee.org)
The Boeing 737 Max has been in the news because of two crashes, practically back to back and involving brand new airplanes.

Software Development, Aviation, Accidents, Boeing

14 points by ciconia 7 days ago | 2 comments

Passing the Buck: The story of the 2022 Wings Over Dallas air show collision (medium.com)
On the 12th of November 2022, thousands of spectators at the Wings Over Dallas air show in Dallas, Texas bore witness to a sudden tragedy, as two WWII-era warplanes collided in midair during a performance, killing 6 crewmembers.

Air Shows, Accidents, Aviation, History

87 points by mathgenius 7 days ago | 27 comments

Woman dies after being impaled by metal straw (2019) (independent.co.uk)
A woman was killed when she fell onto a metal drinking straw that pierced her eye socket and entered her brain, an inquest heard.

Accidents, Health, News, Injuries

13 points by fortran77 7 days ago | 2 comments

Boeing's Bean-Counters Courted the 737 MAX Disaster (2019) (thedailybeast.com)
Just when the smallest jet should have been replaced with a new model, the company fell into tight-fisted hands—with fatal consequences.

Boeing, Aviation, Accidents, Corporate Culture, Investigations

23 points by herecomethefuzz 7 days ago | 1 comments

Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 initiated a go-around to avoid collision (faa.gov)
The information below is preliminary and subject to change. News media with questions on other topics may contact us at pressoffice@faa.gov.

Aviation, Safety, Accidents, Air Travel

13 points by impish9208 11 days ago | 0 comments

Southwest Jet Near Collision in Chicago Midway (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Aviation, Accidents, Southwest Airlines

14 points by igtztorrero 11 days ago | 0 comments

Private jet crossing runway nearly causes crash at Midway airport (reddit.com)

Aviation, Accidents, Chicago

12 points by binarynate 11 days ago | 5 comments

Pilot Dies in Flight, Wife Learns to Land Plane over Radio [video] (youtube.com)

Aviation, Accidents, Viral Videos

3 points by fallinditch 16 days ago | 0 comments

Delta offers $30k to passengers in Canada plane flip (theguardian.com)
Delta Air Lines is offering passengers of a jet that caught fire and flipped over on a Toronto runway $30,000 each – “no strings attached”.

Air Travel, Accidents, Canada, Delta Airlines, Compensation

15 points by pqtyw 16 days ago | 14 comments

A SpaceX team is being brought in to overhaul FAA's air traffic control system (theverge.com)
A team from Elon Musk’s SpaceX is visiting the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia Monday to help overhaul the system in the wake of last month’s deadly air disaster in Washington, DC, US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced.

SpaceX, Aviation, Government, Accidents

107 points by ianrahman 18 days ago | 146 comments

USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire (nbcnews.com)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that, over the weekend, it accidentally fired "several" agency employees who are working on the federal government's response to the H5N1 avian flu outbreak.

Government, Bird Flu, Accidents

12 points by throw0101d 18 days ago | 1 comments

Plane crashes, overturns during landing at Toronto airport (cbc.ca)
A plane crashed and flipped on its back at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, injuring at least 15 passengers and closing down the airport's runways.

Air Travel, Accidents, Canada

575 points by jaredwiener 19 days ago | 705 comments

Trump begins firings of FAA ATC staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash (apnews.com)
The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Politics, Aviation, Transportation, Accidents, Government

18 points by throw0101d 19 days ago | 3 comments

Tesla is suing drivers who complain about their cars after accidents and winning (the-independent.com)
Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father’s panicked voice: The brakes don’t work! Approaching a red light, her father swerved around two cars before plowing into an SUV and a sedan and crashing into a large concrete barrier.

Tesla, Lawsuits, Accidents, Automobiles

20 points by speckx 23 days ago | 4 comments

From 900 miles away, the US government recorded audio of the Titan sub implosion (arstechnica.com)
The implosion took milliseconds, but its echoes lasted far longer.

Ocean Exploration, Submersibles, Accidents, Government, Technology

7 points by LorenDB 24 days ago | 0 comments

Parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages (apnews.com)
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages

Tesla, Accidents, Legal, Consumer Issues, Automotive

132 points by c420 25 days ago | 67 comments

Tesla Cybertruck Crash on Full Self-Driving v13 (electrek.co)
A Tesla owner reported that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole after hitting a curb while using Full Self-Driving, Tesla’s advanced driving assist system that Elon Musk claims will be unsupervised this year.

Tesla, Self-Driving Cars, Accidents, Technology

14 points by jijojv 27 days ago | 6 comments

NASA solar mission data recovering after server room flood fiasco (theregister.com)
They can put a man on the Moon - but back on Earth, a busted water pipe managed to knock out NASA's solar mission data for months.

Space Exploration, NASA, Data Loss, Accidents

8 points by LinuxBender 28 days ago | 0 comments

Waymo drives through sinkhole in San Francisco during storm [video] (youtube.com)

Self-Driving Cars, Accidents, Weather, San Francisco, Technology

16 points by lopkeny12ko 32 days ago | 6 comments

Call of Duty studio co-founder pleads guilty to crashing drone into aircraft (theregister.com)
A Culver City, California resident has admitted to crashing his drone into a 'Super Scooper' firefighting aircraft battling the Los Angeles wildfires. His guilty plea spares him up to a year in prison, according to the Department of Justice.

Drones, Accidents, Law Enforcement, California, Wildfires

4 points by weinzierl 32 days ago | 0 comments

It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX's Starship probe still has some bite (arstechnica.com)
The seventh test flight of SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket came to a disappointing end a little more than two weeks ago. The in-flight failure of the rocket's upper stage, or ship, about eight minutes after launch on January 16 rained debris over the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Atlantic Ocean.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, FAA, Accidents

10 points by isaacfrond 34 days ago | 0 comments

Nevada Ivanpah Solar Plant Accidentally Incinerates Up to 6k Birds a Year (2016) (sciencealert.com)
A rare and unusual type of solar power plant that concentrates sunlight in California is accidentally killing up to 6,000 birds every year, with staff reporting that the birds keep flying into its concentrated beams of sunlight, and spontaneously bursting into flames.

Solar Power, Environmental Impact, Accidents, Wildlife, Technology

36 points by walterbell 34 days ago | 57 comments

Drone operator who damaged LA plane was Treyarch co-founder Peter Akemann (pcgamer.com)

Drones, Gaming, Law Enforcement, Accidents

24 points by lladnar 34 days ago | 1 comments

Air traffic controller 'left work early', one was left to handle the air traffic (independent.co.uk)
A supervisor allowed an air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport to leave early, hours before the passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter in midair, according to reports.

Aviation Safety, Accidents

18 points by donsupreme 35 days ago | 12 comments

Island residents are still dealing with the fallout of exploded Starship (cnn.com)