Restaurant groups criticized an NTSB recommendation that states adopt a stricter threshold for legal blood-alcohol levels in automobile drivers.

By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lithium-ion batteries used in Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner are getting x-ray scans to help investigators determine what caused them to overheat and in one case catch fire. The scans, scheduled to start this week, are not expected to delay the resumption of passenger flights on the high-tech jet. Airlines are phasing the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is sending a team of investigators to Afghanistan to assist local authorities with their investigation of a U.S. cargo airline crash that killed all seven crew members on board.    

First, the FAA had to be nudged by the Japanese into grounding the Boeing 787 after two batteries dangerously overheated – with one actually catching fire – on two different Japanese airliners.  Then there was criticism from the NTSB that the FAA’s original certification of the 787 batteries did not meet minimum industry standards.  Now, news that the Japanese transport ...