Airbus fits electric truck with airliner cockpit to study safer taxiingAirbus fits electric truck with airliner cockpit to study safer taxiingPARIS - Airbus is showing off an unusual vehicle - a truck fitted with basic A350 airliner controls - that it hopes can demonstrate how automated taxiing will make airports safer as concern grows over a spate of jetliners colliding on the ground.
A separate investigation was launched last month after the wingtip of an empty Virgin Atlantic jet collided with a stationary British Airways jet. In February, U.S. regulators said they would look into a collision between two JetBlue planes at Boston Logan. If successful, the project could result in changes to plane design, but getting novel systems certified is a daunting task.
The potential for LiDAR is already in the spotlight after severe turbulence battered a Singapore jet this week, leaving one passenger dead of a suspected heart attack and dozens injured. Boeing began tests in 2018 and experts hope LiDAR will track unstable currents that elude radar. A video shared on TikTok shows passengers and a pilot arguing with a woman in an exit row after she apparently said she'd refuse to help others.An Orthodox rabbi has accused JetBlue Airways Corp. of discrimination for removing him from a flight after he asked to switch seats to avoid sitting next to a woman, which would violate his religious beliefs.Can the RCMP turn North America's largest law enforcement vehicle fleet green? They're about to find out.