Josh Funk
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@Funkwrite
AP reporter covering all modes of transportation — aviation, rail and trucking. Also Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, rare earths, ag and other news.
FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA PATRIOTISM is hitting the road to celebrate America’s 250th birthday with @GreyhoundBus America 250 Fleet going back and forth between: 📍Philadelphia > Washington, DC 📍Chicago > Detroit 📍Dallas > Atlanta 📍Los Angeles > San Diego Now people can EXPLORE everything this great country has to offer FROM THE ROAD 🚌🇺🇸
Just one day after ending "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert returned to TV — to host a public access show with rocker Jack White in Monroe, Michigan. Appearances by Jeff Daniels, Eminem and Steve Buscemi.
🚂🇺🇸 Introducing the America’s 250 Locomotive Series 🇺🇸🚂 We’re excited to unveil our six commemorative locomotives inspired by iconic American symbols and the railroaders who have helped shape the country for generations: bit.ly/4nCutU6 Here’s your first look at the renderings! Meet the six units: 🔔 1776 – The Bell Honors the Liberty Bell and the role our predecessor railroad played in carrying it across the country. 🗽2026 – The Lady Liberty Inspired by the Statue of Liberty and the spirit of freedom and connection across America. 🦅 250 – The Freedom A bald eagle in flight, symbolizing the strength and resilience that has carried the country forward. 🌟8118 – The Stars & Stripes Marks America’s 250th milestone and the people who built and moved the nation. 🇺🇸 8096 – The Soaring An eagle in stars and stripes, representing American ambition and the drive to keep moving. 🐎 8143 – The Patriot Showcases the NS Patriotic Thoroughbred and the railroader pride behind the work. Each locomotive was built in the U.S. and will be painted by our talented crew at Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, PA. The first one is in the shop now!
Two children of an American Ebola patient look through a window at their father in the isolation ward at the Charite hospital in Berlin, Germany reut.rs/4dBAJXM 📸 Charite Hospital
The company that’s responsible for the CRJ planes that are a key part of regional airlines’ fleets say they are committed to adding ADS-B systems if Congress decides to require them to improve situational awareness. @MHI_RJ @famofflight5342
It’s deeply troubling that emerging technology can be used to extract CVR audio from visualized data we share to help the public understand the circumstances of an accident. Laws against releasing CVR audio exist to protect privacy, preserve the integrity of NTSB investigations, and out of respect for accident victims and their families during a time of tremendous loss. NTSB is taking steps to address this issue. The public docket is offline for now, and we are urging X, Reddit, and others to take such disgusting, manipulated posts down. ⬇️
The NTSB is aware that advances in image recognition and computational methods have enabled individuals to reconstruct approximations of cockpit voice recorder audio from sound spectrum imagery released as part of NTSB investigations, including the ongoing investigation of the crash last year of UPS flight 2976 in Louisville, Kentucky. The NTSB does not release cockpit audio recordings. Federal law prohibits such public release due to the highly sensitive nature of verbal communications inside the cockpit. The NTSB takes these privacy restrictions seriously. The NTSB docket system is temporarily unavailable as we examine the scope of the issue and evaluate solutions. We hope to restore access to the docket system as soon as possible.
The NTSB is aware that advances in image recognition and computational methods have enabled individuals to reconstruct approximations of cockpit voice recorder audio from sound spectrum imagery released as part of NTSB investigations, including the ongoing investigation of the crash last year of UPS flight 2976 in Louisville, Kentucky. The NTSB does not release cockpit audio recordings. Federal law prohibits such public release due to the highly sensitive nature of verbal communications inside the cockpit. The NTSB takes these privacy restrictions seriously. The NTSB docket system is temporarily unavailable as we examine the scope of the issue and evaluate solutions. We hope to restore access to the docket system as soon as possible.
