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Glasgow flight plummeted towards the ground after wrong autopilot was selected
A Flybe flight heading for Glasgow with 44 passengers on board was just seconds from disaster as it plummeted 500ft in 18 seconds after an incorrect autopilot setting caused it to aim for the ground.
Emissions tests cast cloud over BMW quarterly sales [Subscription]
Britain has become the worst big market for BMW after the German carmaker reported a collapse in profits.
Will driverless cars be allowed on PAVEMENTS? New rules could let the vehicles speed and mount kerbs to avoid accidents
New rules to let self-driving cars break the speed limit or mount kerbs to avoid accidents are being drawn up in a 'digital Highway Code'.
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BBC News
- Perth to Dundee railway line closed due to fire damageThe railway line between Perth and Dundee has been closed after a fire damaged the signalling system.
London Evening Standard
- Tube strike 2018: rail militants heaping strike misery branded 'hypocrites' for investing union funds in tobacco, banking and privatised water Rail militants heaping strike misery on Londoners were branded
- Croydon tram crash: When will we know the truth, say families of victims in fresh call for inquestFamilies of victims of the Croydon tram crash in 2016 today criticised the two-year wait for a decision on whether to bring charges against the driver.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Half a million jobs 'just the beginning' as HS2 chair calls on local partnerships to lead the waySir Terry Morgan has said that half a million jobs and ninety thousand homes are “just the beginning” of the spread of wealth HS2 will bring to Britain. Speaking at the HS2 Economic Growth Conference in Birmingham, the chair of HS2 said that locally-led growth strategies are the key...
- More people stepping in to stop suicides on the railway More members of the public are stepping in to prevent suicides on Britain’s railways, according to figures published by Network Rail. There was a total of 163 cases of people acting to prevent a suicide on the railway between January and September, compared to 136 during the same period in...
- Worried council prepares official response to 'crackpot' HS2 plansHS2 has been slammed as a “crackpot idea” which won’t benefit local residents by councillors in Northwich as they prepare to submit an official response to the project’s consultation. Members of Northwich Town Council, as reported in the Northwich Guardian, voted to form...
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