A key employee who called the Titan unsafe testifies the company only wanted to make money

A key employee who called the Titan unsafe testifies the company only wanted to make money

Wreckage from the Titan is hoisted from the ship that brought it back to St. John’s harbour on June 28, 2023. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada) A key employee who labeled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage testified Tuesday that he frequently clashed with the company’s co-founder and felt the company was committed … Read more

Will surrender before SIT on May 31: Prajwal Revanna

Will surrender before SIT on May 31: Prajwal Revanna

Bengaluru: Janata Dal (Secular) Lok Sabha member Prajwal Revanna on Monday said that he would appear before the police on May 31 to face investigators in a case of alleged sexual abuse of women registered against him. In a video message from an undisclosed location, the MP who is seeking re-election from Hassan in Karnataka, … Read more

Arrests in Nijjar killing, commission report refocus India as potential source of foreign meddling

Arrests in Nijjar killing, commission report refocus India as potential source of foreign meddling

The arrest of three men in connection with the killing of a prominent Sikh activist, coming on the same day as a major report on foreign interference in Canada, has put renewed focus on India as a major player when it comes to alleged meddling in this country. The RCMP in British Columbia said Friday that they had … Read more

Canada-China relations committee questions witnesses on Winnipeg lab intelligence breach

Canada-China relations committee questions witnesses on Winnipeg lab intelligence breach

Federal Health Minister Mark Holland suggested on Monday that there are gaps in the early stages of screening scientists at secret-level facilities such as the National Microbiology Lab (NML) in Winnipeg.  Holland told the House of Commons special committee on Canada-China relations there is a “responsibility of those individuals to disclose their engagements and affiliations.”  He … Read more

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down at end of year amid plane-maker’s woes

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down at end of year amid plane-maker’s woes

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down from the embattled plane-maker at the end of the year as part of a broader management shuffle, capping a tumultuous five-plus years that have shaken faith in one of the U.S.’s most-storied manufacturers. In a letter to employees announcing his departure, Calhoun wrote that the company is focused on returning Boeing “to … Read more

Investigators release photos of helicopter crash scene that claimed Wigwe, others

Investigators release photos of helicopter crash scene that claimed Wigwe, others

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), on Wednesday, released pictures of the site of the fatal helicopter crash that led to the death of the Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son and other crew members onboard. PREMIUM TIMES reported the helicopter crash that occurred last Friday near the … Read more

Boeing needs ‘heightened level of oversight,’ says top U.S. aviation regulator

Boeing needs ‘heightened level of oversight,’ says top U.S. aviation regulator

The new chief of the U.S.  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said his agency is midway through a six-week audit of manufacturing at Boeing, but he already knows that changes must be made in how the government oversees the aircraft manufacturer. FAA administrator Michael Whitaker suggested that Boeing — under pressure from airlines to produce large … Read more