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Flight attendants’ union calls for grounding Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes
March 12, 2019“This is about public confidence in the safety of air travel,” said Sara Nelson, AFA president.
Read moreRoutine FDA food inspections suspended by shutdown
January 11, 2019Americans only just survived the great romaine lettuce scare of 2018, and now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has postponed routine domestic food safety inspections.
Read moreTop airline pilot: Trump shutdown making it dangerous to fly
January 8, 2019"The nation’s airspace system is a complex transportation network that involves government and industry partnerships to function properly."
Read moreCalifornia firefighters dodge death, face harrowing conditions on the job
December 17, 2018A crew setting a back burn to stop the blaze was suddenly overrun by flames when erratic winds suddenly shifted.
Read moreTrump plan to ramp up fracking, mining in National Forests threatens climate
October 18, 2018"Pushing new fossil-fuel development in our national forests ignores the alarm bells that world climate scientists rang loudly."
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