Mexican Media Brands
Takata Inflators in Truck Blast Appear to Have Been Shipped Properly
A truck filled with Takata Corp. airbag inflators that exploded in Texas last week met federal packing and shipping safety standards, according to an initial analysis by the National Transportation Safety Board.
#regulations
Share
A truck filled with Takata Corp. airbag inflators that exploded in Texas last week met federal packing and shipping safety standards, according to an initial analysis by the National Transportation Safety Board.
The blast on Aug. 22 destroyed a home, killed a woman, injured four other people and broke windows in homes two miles away. The truck was carrying 14,000 inflator cylinders containing ammonium nitrate, an explosive propellant blamed for misfires that have killed more than a dozen people and injured at least 130 others.
The incident prompted U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Mass.) and Edward Markey (D-Conn.) to call for a fuller investigation. The two senators have previously urged Takata to recall all vehicles equipped with inflators that use ammonium nitrate propellants. Carmakers are recalling about 70 million such devices in the U.S. and another 30 million overseas.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Study: How States Should Update Traffic Laws for Autonomous Cars
U.S. states should require that all automated cars have a licensed driver on board, suggests a study by the Governors Highway Safety Assn.
-
Rage Against the Machine
There have been more than 20 reported attacks against Waymo’s self-driving fleet in Chandler, Ariz., since the company began testing the technology on public roads there two years ago.
-
BMW Granted License to Test Self-Driving Cars in Shanghai
BMW AG has become the first foreign carmaker to win permission to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in China, according to the Shanghai Daily.