Transportation

Striking French train workers have occupied a building in a surprise protest against President Emmanuel Macron's changes to the state-run rail company.

Korean Air Lines says its chairman's two daughters have resigned from their executive positions amid mounting public criticism over the women's behavior.

The European Aviation Safety Agency has tightened a nearly month-old directive ordering inspections of some fan blades in engines like those used on a Southwest Airlines jet involved in a fatal accident.

Southwest Airlines has sent a letter of apology and is offering compensation to passengers who were on a flight earlier this week that made an emergency landing following an engine explosion.

The GE-Safran joint venture issues parameters addressing fan blade maintenance.

Here are some ways you can calm your nerves (even if it is only slightly) on your next flight.

Southwest Airlines clashed with engine-maker CFM over the timing and cost of proposed inspections after a 2016 engine accident.

U.S. airline regulators have ordered inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off a Southwest Airlines plane, leading to the death of a woman who was partially blown out a window.

___ 2 black men arrested at Starbucks get an apology from police PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two black men whose arrest at a Starbucks in Philadelphia has triggered a furor over racial profiling say they are pushing for changes to make sure that what they went through doesn't happen to anyone else.

The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls.

The Latest on the Southwest Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 9:45 a.m.

A preliminary examination of the blown jet engine of the Southwest Airlines plane that set off a terrifying chain of events and left a businesswoman hanging half outside a shattered window showed evidence of "metal fatigue," according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Latest on the plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

The Southwest Airlines pilot being lauded as a hero in a harrowing emergency landing after a passenger was partially blown out of the jet's damaged fuselage is also being hailed for her pioneering role in a career where she has been one of the few women at the controls.

An accident triggered regulations governing aging aircraft.

Amazon says it has more than 100 million paid Prime members, the first time the company has given out a specific number on its paid subscriber base.

Ford is getting into the non-emergency medical transportation business as it moves toward making money off its experimental ventures in new mobility.

Ferries to and from the Greek islands are tied up in port due to a 24-hour strike by seamen protesting reforms to their sector.

German government and union negotiators have reached a deal that should give some 2.3 million public-sector workers a wage increase averaging 7.5 percent over the next two years.