Recent aviation disasters and close calls stoke fears about the safety of flying
The statistics show flying remains the safest form of transportation compared with driving or even riding on a train.
NTSB cites air traffic controller distraction in 2023 California near-miss as feds target staffing shortages
A near collision at a major California airport two years ago was caused by an air traffic controller distracted by a third ...
Fired FAA employee produced maps ‘crucial and critical’ to air traffic control
As the Department of Government Efficiency cuts thousands of federal government jobs, concerns are being raised that many of ...
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What does POTUS 47 Intend for NMB, NTSB and STB?
The President issued an Executive Order Feb. 18 asserting direct control of independent (from the Executive Branch) federal ...
American Airlines aborts D.C. landing in another flight safety incident
An American Airlines plane aborted its landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to avoid another aircraft ...
What’s a go-around? How the routine maneuver helped a pilot avoid getting too close to another aircraft at Reagan National
While go-arounds can feel jarring to passengers, they are routine, happening more than three times per day on average last ...
Approach for Reagan National’s Runway 33 is within feet of helicopter corridor
Pilots who agree initiate a swooping turn that on final approach brings them northwest and low across the river — the path American Eagle Flight 5342 was on last week when it and a U.S. Army ...
Recent spate of plane crashes has made some travelers wary to fly
Nancy Philpot lost two of her former Westinghouse co-workers in the 1994 USAir Flight 427 crash near Hopewell, Beaver County, ...
FAA investigating near-collision at Chicago's Midway Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a near miss between a Southwest Airlines plane and a jet on a ...
Small plane crashes into side of Vermont's Mount Equinox
A small plane crashed into the side of Vermont's snow-covered Mount Equinox on Wednesday morning, with all three on board ...
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Employees say lax safety protocols at Longview Gas Plant are a disaster waiting to happen
Current and former Longview Gas Plant employees say a chaotic working environment and cavalier attitude toward safety by the ...
FAA investigating after business jet at Midway involved in near miss with Southwest flight
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a near miss between a Southwest Airlines plane and a jet on a runway at Chicago's Midway Airport was caught on camera.