USS Zumwalt Rescues Maine Fisherman on Maiden Voyage

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy's new stealth destroyer, the future USS Zumwalt, assisted in the rescue of a fisherman who had a medical emergency early Saturday off the Maine coast, officials said.
The 600-foot, 15,000-ton Zumwalt — the largest destroyer ever built for the Navy — was out for sea trials when Coast Guard officials received a distress call from the fishing boat Danny Boy around 3 a.m. The distress call said the Danny Boy's captain was suffering from chest pains about 40 miles southeast of Portland, according to officials.
A Jayhawk helicopter responded from Air Station Cape Cod, but the crew determined it would be too dangerous to hoist the fisherman up due to the configuration of the fishing boat's deck.
A crew and small boat from the Zumwalt transferred the man to the destroyer's deck, officials said. The helicopter crew then hoisted the patient on board and transported him to shore, where he was taken to a hospital.
"Our main concern with this type of medical emergency is to recover the patient safely and transport them to a higher level care as quickly as possible," said Lt. David Bourbeau, public affairs officer at Sector Northern New England. "Fortunately the Zumwalt was operating in the area and was able to provide valuable assistance."
The Zumwalt left Bath Iron Works for sea trials on Monday.
Bath Iron Works will be testing the ship's performance and making tweaks this winter. The goal is to deliver it to the Navy sometime next year.

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IMPORTANT: Takata Airbag Update... SECOND Replacement Necessary!

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —Takata, already at the center of the largest and most complex auto recall in history, says many of the cars already repaired will have to have a second airbag replacement.

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In prepared testimony for a Congressional hearing later Tuesday, a Takata executive says many of the cars repaired so far have an inflator, known as a "batwing" inflator, that is now believed to be tied to the exploding airbags.
The batwing inflators have been found in cars that had exploding driver-side airbags tied to most of the dozens of serious injuries and all six deaths that have prompted the massive recall, according to the prepared remarks of Kevin Kennedy, an executive vice president of Takata's North American unit.
There are no current estimates as to how many cars have received replacement airbargs which will now need to be replaced as well.
The testimony says since age is a factor in causing problems with the airbags, Takata does not believe the repaired cars have the immediate risk posed by unrepaired older cars. But Kennedy will testify that final stage of the recall will be replacing the replacement airbags already installed with the batwing inflators.
Tataka, a Japanese auto parts maker, provides nearly 20% of airbags worldwide. AutoLiv, the world's largest airbag maker, is also making replacement airbags to be used in the recall.
Kennedy will also tell the congressional panel that Tataka plans to stop making airbags with the batwing inflators, but he does not say when it will be able to transition to a safer inflator. Questions about how long that will take, and whether that means that Tataka will continue to provide replacement airbags with the batwing inflators going forward, were not immediately answered by a Tataka spokesman.
At the press conference announcing the record recall of roughly 34 million U.S. cars, Mark Rosekind, the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, admitted he agency could not definitely say whether the replacement airbags being installed were safe. "But we know they are safer," he said at that time.
The problem with a second recall is that car owners are more likely to ignore the recall notice, believing that they have already addressed the problem, according to Kevin Pollack, vice president for Stericycle ExpertSolutions, which is working with some of the automakers affected by this recall.
"There's no question that this is the most complex recall of all time," he said. "This only makes it much more complicated."