21+ hour, 51+ min ago   (296+ words) Companies have traditionally imported goods from Asia through Gulf countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. Now, some are trying a more direct approach. “The latest tensions in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, as well as those…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (76+ words) The Seattle Times Most Read Business Stories - Tacoma mayor calls second Fred Meyer closure in city a 'gut punch' - Before Amazon plane crash, pilot warned of 'excessive speed,' NTSB says - Amazon 767 didn't take usual steps to slow before Miami crash,…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (62+ words) The Seattle Times Over the past 30 years, an increasing number of airports in the United States have installed buffer areas of crushable concrete at the end of their runways to help stop planes that overshoot their landings before they can…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (397+ words) No act of Congress mandated the color, with its slight orange tint. Rather, a 1939 conference of transportation officials from all U.S. states (then 48) chose the shade for its visibility as one of the first safety standards. At their peak in the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) Aaron McCarter, investigator-in-charge with the National Transportation Safety Board, called the recovery of the cards “very good news from a data standpoint,” during a media briefing Friday morning. Neither aircraft would be required to have a cockpit voice recorder that…...