Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup June 01, 2024

The Department of Defense is probably looking at Lockheed Martin’s refund policy after a brand-new F-35 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday afternoon. The recently built aircraft was being transferred from an assembly plant in Fort Worth, Texas to Edwards Air Force Base in California. The F-35B slammed into a hillside near Albuquerque International Sunport in New Mexico. - Ryan Erik King Read More

American Airlines kicked eight Black men off a flight citing body odor issues, and now three of them are suing. The flight in question took place back in January on a flight from Phoenix to New York City, the Washington Post reports. While they were initially told they needed to return to the gate to be rebooked on a later flight, they were eventually all allowed to reboard their original flight. - Collin Woodard Read More

A person has died at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after they were sucked into the engine of a plane preparing for takeoff. A KLM Embraer jet bound for Denmark was full of passengers with its engines running when the person was caught in the engine. - Owen Bellwood Read More

A man died after falling from the deck on the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas last week. The massive vessel had just started a seven-night cruise from Miami, Florida, when the man fell from one of its 20 decks, sparking a two-hour rescue mission. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Singapore Airlines made international news earlier this month when severe turbulence left one person dead and more than 30 injured. Then, just a few days later, a flight attendant broke her back during severe turbulence on a Turkish Airlines flight. - Collin Woodard Read More

In the 21st century Bugatti has become known for its record-breakingly fast hypercars like the Veyron and its Chiron successor, but many people don’t know just how extensive its history of speed really is. In addition to the dozens of different types of racing and road cars built over its 115-year history, in the 1930s Bugatti was the first company to create true high-speed trains with the Bugatti Autorail. - Daniel Golson Read More

An Ohio real-estate magnate is planning to take his own two-person submersible down to Titanic wreckage-level depths to show the journey can actually be done safely following the deadly implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible in June of 2023. These rich guys never really learn do they? - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

It’s a Monday, you’ve got the day off and no real plans for how to pass the time. Let me help you out there with the ultimate way to clear your mind of all its worries: slow TV. So it’s time to sit back, pour yourself a cold one and relax while we delve into a YouTube rabbit hole that’s going to see us cruise through the tranquility of a British canal, welcome along. - Owen Bellwood Read More

Hey remember 2023? When shooting down mysterious balloons was all the rage? Well, like many events in 2024, things have gotten slightly worse; it seems North Korea sent hundreds of balloons full of human waste and garbage over South Korea this week. - Erin Marquis Read More

Folks are pretty rattled about problems with big jets thanks to some high profile incidents involving Boeing aircraft, but it’s actually the little guys you have to look out for. Case in point, this small Cessna which came incredibly close to crashing through someone’s house over the weekend. - Erin Marquis Read More