Stranded Astronauts, Titan Submersible Troubles And Plane Pain In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

A Delta Air Lines flight on Sunday from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon immediately returned to Utah’s capital when the flight crew realized the Boeing 737-900 was suffering cabin pressurization issues. The 140 passengers onboard were met by paramedics at the gate when the plane landed and 10 people were either evaluated or treated for bloody noses or ruptured eardrums. - Ryan Erik King Read More

Villa Vie Residences promised cruise lovers at least a three-month voyage on what the company hopes will become a perpetual cruise. However, a 68-year-old Florida woman won’t get to traverse the world’s oceans on the Villa Vie Odyssey after the operator banned her for complaints in a private WhatsApp group chat over the cruise’s lengthy delays. Villa Vie Residences stated her contract was canceled for “behavior impacting community morale,” and she was effectively voted off the boat by the other residents. - Ryan Erik King Read More

Police in Denmark charged a motorcyclist with 86 separate moving violations over the weekend, adding excessive speed, endangering others, even “riding on the rear wheel,” to his rap sheet. Danish authorities, however, were absolutely dumbfounded by one unique factor of the case: Most of the evidence came from the motorcyclist himself, thanks to his helmet-mounted GoPro. - Amber DaSilva Read More

We were all captivated by the search for a submarine full of millionaires that had gone missing while diving to the wreck of the Titanic last year. After an extensive search, the submarine’s remains were found scattered on the sea floor and now, an inquiry into just what went wrong has revealed that OceanGate’s chief engineer said they would never have ridden in the doomed sub. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Whether traveling for business or pleasure, most feel the need to remain tethered to the digital world in some capacity. Some travelers are discovering the hard way that Mexican customs agents in Cancun will tax them at the airport for bringing multiple electronic devices into the country. While tourists feel like they are suddenly being extorted, the law has always been on the books but just selectively enforced. - Ryan Erik King Read More

On Friday NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams had their first news conference from the International Space Station since the Boeing Starliner returned to Earth empty last week. While the pair wouldn’t discuss the troubled spacecraft in detail, they made it clear that NASA and themselves weren’t comfortable with going back on Starliner when it needed to depart. - Ryan Erik King Read More

An inquiry into the implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submarine launched this week and it’s unearthing all kinds of issues that arose in the buildup to the death of five passengers onboard the craft in June 2023. Now, it’s emerged that co-founder and pilot Stockton Rush reportedly crashed the craft just days before its doomed dive. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Voyager 1 spent the last 47 years hurtling in a straight line away from Earth, exploring the deepest reaches of space that humanity has ever ventured. However, NASA must carefully manage Voyager 1 as the probe ages and slowly breaks down 15 billion miles away from the closest person. The most pressing dilemma is a rubber diaphragm deteriorating inside the fuel tank. - Ryan Erik King Read More

Hackers attacked Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the Port of Seattle last month, stealing roughly three terabytes of data while snarling ticketing and baggage systems. Airport officials stated today that it won’t pay the 100-bitcoin (or $5.7 million) ransom to prevent the stolen information from being posted publicly. It’s not clear what was taken, but the hackers claim to have internal logins along with personal staff and customer data. - Ryan Erik King Read More

There has only been one mass-produced amphibious car that can tackle both land and sea. This vehicle was built in Germany, had a British Triumph Herald motor, and was aptly named the Amphicar. Early last month, the city of Amsterdam hosted an annual parade of amphibious cars for the final time, since the town will restrict waterway access to zero-emission vehicles only starting in 2025. - Logan Carter Read More