Dispatches
Short, dated pieces on one current engineering or systemic failure at a time — an official report or a Wikipedia article as the source, and a link to the show that covered something like it when one has. 1 so far.
- — The toll plaza that asked drivers to pick a speed — NTSB closes the Swanton, Ohio crash
The NTSB's 2026-09-16 finding on the 2024 Swanton Township toll plaza crash: a plaza that mixed high-speed electronic lanes with low-speed cash booths, 1,099 last-minute lane changes in three weeks, and a recommendation to close the booths for good.