Sydney Ember

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Economics Reporter at The New York Times

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Articles

America’s Summer Hot Spots Wonder: Will the Vacationers Still Come?

2 weeks ago | rethinking65.com | Sydney Ember

Tim Cafferty, who owns a vacation rental business on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is upbeat about the summer season, but he is also doing anything he can to lure would-be vacationers. His company, Outer Banks Blue, ran a special promotion in March offering a 15% discount on bookings. He is encouraging property owners to drop their prices.
America’s Summer Hot Spots Wonder: Will the Vacationers Still Come?

3 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Sydney Ember

Tim Cafferty, who owns a vacation rental business on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is upbeat about the summer season, but he is also doing anything he can to lure would-be vacationers. His company, Outer Banks Blue, ran a special promotion in March offering a 15% discount on bookings. He is encouraging property owners to drop their prices.
America’s summer hot spots wonder: Will the vacationers still come?

3 weeks ago | omanobserver.om | Sydney Ember

Tim Cafferty, who owns a vacation rental business on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is upbeat about the summer season, but he is also doing anything he can to lure would-be vacationers. His company, Outer Banks Blue, ran a special promotion in March offering a 15 per cent discount on bookings. He is encouraging property owners to drop their prices.
Will the Vacationers Still Come?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sydney Ember

Despite signs that consumers are pulling back on some spending, businesses are cautiously hopeful about domestic tourism this summer season. Lake of the Ozarks, a man-made lake in central Missouri, is a favored driving destination for people in the Midwest. Credit... Video by Whitney Curtis Despite signs that consumers are pulling back on some spending, businesses are cautiously hopeful about domestic tourism this summer season.
D.C. Plane Crash Warnings Were Years in the Making

Feb 13, 2025 | nytimes.com | Emily Steel |Sydney Ember

On a bright, clear morning in July 2018, three military helicopters traveling south along the Potomac River came seconds away from smashing into a plane that was arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport. The air traffic controller had failed to warn the aircraft of the potential collision, and the helicopters had to maneuver abruptly to avoid a crash.
My Weekly Recommendations

Feb 2, 2025 | thepreamble.com | Sydney Ember |Emily Steel |Mark Walker |Kate Kelly

January was quite the year, right? But we made it. First up, if you live near the University of Kansas, I am heading your way this week. Tickets are free, and you can reserve them here. Now let me catch you up on the week:The Preamble is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Clues point to lapses in air safety; ‘Officials not working in optimal conditions’

Feb 1, 2025 | telegraphindia.com | Sydney Ember |Mark Walker |Kate Kelly |Niraj Chokshi |Emily Steel

The helicopter flew outside its approved flight path. The American Airlines pilots most likely did not see the helicopter close by as they made a turn toward the runway Sydney Ember, Mark Walker, Kate Kelly, Niraj Chokshi, Emily Steel Published 01.02.25, 11:30 AM A National Transportation Safety Board investigator with the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder recovered from the American Airlines jet that crashed with an army helicopter near Washington on Wednesday.
Reagan Airport Had a Number of Close Calls in Recent Years

Jan 31, 2025 | flipboard.com | Emily Steel |Sydney Ember

2 hours agoThe responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said. Sometime before an American Airlines flight crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac …
Reagan Airport Had a Number of Close Calls in Recent Years

Jan 31, 2025 | nytimes.com | Emily Steel |Sydney Ember

Before the deadly plane crash on Wednesday night near Ronald Reagan National Airport, there were at least 10 close calls at the Washington airport in the last three years that were documented in government records reviewed by The New York Times. One of the most alarming came last April, when a Southwest Airlines flight was instructed to cross the same runway that a JetBlue Airways plane was cleared by a controller to take off from.
Washington Crash Renews Concerns About Air Safety Lapses

Jan 31, 2025 | southfloridareporter.com | Sydney Ember |Emily Steel |Mark Walker

Sydney Ember, Emily Steel, Mark Walker, Kate Kelly and Follow live updates on the deadly plane crash in D.C. Clues emerging from the moments before the deadly collision Wednesday night between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet suggest that multiple layers of the country’s aviation safety apparatus failed, according to flight recordings, a preliminary internal report from the Federal Aviation Administration, interviews with current and former air traffic controllers and...