“The reality is, the effects of climate change are already upon us in terms of our transportation,” he said.
The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft of Singapore Airlines is parked after a London-Singapore flight encountered severe turbulence near Bangkok, Thailand, on May 22, 2024. | Sakchai Lalit/APSecretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, discussing the turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight that killed a passenger last week, said that climate change is affecting the transportation industry and that the United States must learn to adapt for safe transportation.
“We’ve seen that in the form of everything from heat waves that shouldn’t statistically even be possible threatening to melt the cables of transit systems in the Pacific Northwest, to, as you mentioned, hurricane seasons becoming more and more extreme and indications that turbulence is up by about 15 percent. That means assessing anything and everything that we can do about it.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Climate change is behind increasing flight turbulence, Transportation Sec'y Pete Buttigieg saysTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says an increase in flight turbulence is an effect of climate change.
Read more »
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks with Scripps News about new infrastructure and nationwide mobilityRooted in fact-based, transparent reporting, Newsy is an award-winning opinion-free network owned by the E.W. Scripps Company that is relentlessly focused on “the why” of every story and seeks to enable a more intimate and immersive understanding of the issues that matter.
Read more »
Pete Buttigieg’s view from the middle seatThe transportation secretary has only so much time left to win consumer protections for fliers. He plans to make the most of it.
Read more »
Pete Buttigieg says federal dollars should help mend Philadelphia’s ChinatownKimmy Yam is a reporter for NBC Asian America.
Read more »
Chinatown Stitch gets a starring role in a new documentary from Pete ButtigiegThe U.S. Department of Transportation is making short documentary-style videos bout a half dozen Reconnecting Communities projects in short documentaries. Chinatown stars in one of the first.
Read more »
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says airlines need to disclose feesU.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke on a lawsuit filed by six airlines about a law that requires the carriers to have more transparency on hidden fees.
Read more »