Freighters escape B777 suspensions after United Airlines engine failure
Boeing 777 freighters will remain in the skies despite the recommendation to ground some B777 ...
By Alex Lennane
A landmark court case has put safety before spin, after a judge awarded a whistleblowing ship’s captain $1 million in damages. Capt John Loftus, a master at Horizon Lines reported safety violations to both the US Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping, but was abruptly removed from his post by Horizon, despite safeguards offered to seafaring whistleblowers under the Seaman’s Protection Act.
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