Shifting Gears: Don't call it a comeback (yet)

Fuel released from a Delta Air Lines flight hit a group of children in Los Angeles County on Tuesday. Sixty-seven children and adults received medical attention, though none were hospitalized.

It's not yet clear why the fuel was dumped, since the flight's pilot told air-traffic control he would not do so shortly before the incident. A CNN analyst speculated that there may have been a communication error.

Iran said on January 11 that it shot down Ukrainian Airlines flight 152, killing all 176 people who were on board. But Iran said the attack was an accident, spurred by fears that the plane posed a threat after it came close to a sensitive military site.

You can read everything we know about the incident, as of Tuesday, here.

I spoke with Daniel Kirchert, CEO of the electric-vehicle startup Byton, at CES.

Kirchert said the advanced technology in Byton's M-Byte SUV — set for release in China this year, with North America and Europe to follow in 2021 — will distinguish it from competitors, including Tesla's upcoming Model Y. The vehicle will have a 48-inch dashboard screen that stretches across the full width of the windshield and a touchpad on its steering wheel, both of which Kirchert said are auto-industry firsts.

Kirchert said Byton hopes to avoid Tesla's financial and manufacturing issues, though both will be much easier said than done. No electric-vehicle startup has come anywhere close to matching Tesla's success thus far.

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