Transportation

Earlier this week, the FAA said it found "multiple" quality control issues with Boeing.
Federal law requires long-haul truckers to be at least 21, but Congress wants more drivers as young as 18 into a Transportation Department pilot program.
The proposed change would make it easier for airlines to be penalized for damaging, breaking or mishandling passengers’ wheelchairs.
The jet, with five people aboard, was bound for the airport in Naples when it tried to make an emergency landing on Interstate 75.
Photos taken during repair work on the plane in September show no evidence the bolts were replaced after removal, according to preliminary NTSB findings.
The fine is 30 times larger than the previous record penalty from the Transportation Department.
The EPA said it will study vinyl chloride to determine whether it poses an “unreasonable risk to human health or the environment,″ a process that would take at least three years.
The Transportation Security Administration expects Tuesday and Wednesday to be nearly as busy as travelers fly home after the long Thanksgiving weekend.
The Department of Transportation’s new regulation will require airplane bathrooms to be more accessible to disabled travelers.
An investigation into the incident at the San Antonio International Airport is ongoing.