The fumes are often described as smelling like “dirty socks ” – and they’re seeping into airplane air, sickening some passengers and crew. So-called “fume events” have been a known problem in the airline industry for decades. But a new WSJ analysis shows they’re becoming more common, and their health effects can be severe. WSJ’s Benjamin Katz details his tea ... Show More
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The World Cup Story, Part 1: Soccer and Scandal
As the World Cup begins this week, we bring you a two-part Sunday special charting how FIFA built the World Cup into a global phenomenon and how it became marred in scandal and corruption. In Part 1, WSJ soccer experts Jonathan Clegg and Joshua Robinson go back to the World Cup’s ... Show More
39m 14s
Jun 4
How AI Is Being Trained to Do Your Job
There’s a new gig economy that involves training AI to do white collar jobs. And one company, Mercor, is leading the charge. The training startup hired 30,000 contractors just last year to help AI companies get their models trained up on sophisticated roles. Ryan Knutson spoke to ... Show More
22m 25s
May 2024
9 AM ET: Weekend travel records, hostage bodies found, another Diddy lawsuit & more
We start with a breakdown of what's expected to be record breaking Memorial Day weekend travel. Israeli forces say they've found the bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas on October 7th. Sean Combs is facing another sexual assault lawsuit, taking the total to seven since Novemb ... Show More
6m 30s
May 2025
A Frightening Moment to Fly
<p>A 90-second failure of Newark Airport’s air-traffic safety systems, which blacked out communication to planes carrying thousands of passengers, has exposed a new level of crisis in air travel.</p><p>Kate Kelly, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains what th ... Show More
31m 1s
Mar 2020
Covid-19 and Airlines: A Bleak Forecast
In this episode of the Arabian Business podcast, Saj Ahmad, the chief analyst at London-based StrategicAero Research, delivers a bleak forecast on the impact that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will have on airlines in the Gulf and throughout the world. During the podcast, Ahma ... Show More
17m 50s
Feb 2025
No, It's Not Getting More Dangerous To Fly
It has been a difficult month for Americans afraid of flying. On Jan. 29, an American Airlines jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River, killing 67 people. It was the first major U.S. commercial airline crash in more than 15 years and in the weeks since, t ... Show More
37m 48s