Latest Aviation Headlines
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FAA Delays Traffic to Newark Airport After Equipment, Staffing Issues
Apr 28 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration said a series of issues prompted it to dramatically slow traffic at Newark Liberty Airport on Monday, prompting United Airlines to divert at least 35 flights to other airports. United...
Delta Plane Catches Fire at Orlando Airport in Latest Incident for Airline
Apr 23 2025 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Delta Air Lines airplane caught fire on Monday before it was supposed to take off at a central Florida airport, forcing the evacuation of passengers, airport officials said. There were no reports...
Lawmakers Urge FAA to Address Safety Issues at Washington Airport After Incidents
Apr 23 2025 // Three senior Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to address significant safety issues at Reagan Washington National Airport and maintain reduced air traffic after a series of troubling...
Near Misses, Fatal Crashes Force Airlines to Confront Worried Fliers
Apr 16 2025 // A series of aviation accidents has rattled flyers enough to drag down ticket sales at the start of the year, contributing to lower financial expectations at major US airlines. And who can blame them? January’s fiery...
FAA Grounds Helicopter Company After Fatal New York Crash
Apr 15 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration ordered New York Helicopter Charter Inc. to cease operations while it conducts a review of the tour operator’s license and safety record following a deadly crash last week. The...
Army Adjusts Safety Policy, Reduces Flights at DC Airport Following January Collision
Apr 10 2025 // The Army has made changes to how its helicopters use a safety system that broadcasts aircraft location and has reduced the number of flights over Washington following a collision with a passenger jet that killed 67 people,...
Boeing Settles Lawsuits With Two 737 MAX Crash Victims’ Families
Apr 8 2025 // U.S. planemaker Boeing Co reached settlements with the families of two people who died in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX on the eve of a trial, the company and lawyers for the families said on...
Passenger Flight and Air Force Jet Diverted From Potential Collision at DC Airport
Mar 31 2025 // A U.S. passenger flight preparing to leave the nation’s capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said. Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared...
FAA Must Do Better After Midair Collision, Acting Chief Says
Mar 27 2025 // The US Federal Aviation Administration said it must improve the way it identifies potentially risky air-traffic situations, following a deadly midair collision between a US Army helicopter and American Airlines Group Inc....
Cyber Security Threat Detected at Kuala Lumpur International Airport: Malaysia Airports
Mar 27 2025 // A cyber security threat affecting computer systems at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport was detected on Sunday, the National Cyber Security Agency and Malaysia Airports said in a joint statement. The operations at...
Texas Court Upholds $300K Settlement Against SkyWest Airlines
Mar 26 2025 // A federal judge in Texas has denied SkyWest Airlines, Inc.’s bid for a new trial and upheld an order that SkyWest pay a former parts clerk $300,000 in damages, the the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Family of Whistleblower Suing Boeing Over His Death
Mar 25 2025 // CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The family of a former Boeing quality control manager who police say killed himself after lawyers questioned him for days about his whistleblowing on alleged jumbo jet defects sued the airplane...
Navigation Parts Failure Blamed for United’s Boeing 787 Jolt That Injured 15 Passengers
Mar 19 2025 // Investigators found that two key navigation parts failed on a United Airlines flight from Lagos to Washington on January 24, causing the plane to lurch suddenly and injure several passengers. The National Transportation...
Close Calls at National Airport Raised Questions. Why Were No Changes Made?
Mar 18 2025 // When Congress pushed ahead last year with adding 10 new daily flights to Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration had data showing an unnerving number of near misses in the...
Aircraft Caught Fire After Landing in Denver, Sending Passengers onto Wing
Mar 17 2025 // A fire on an American Airlines plane after it diverted mid-flight and landed at Denver International Airport sent passengers fleeing onto a wing in a fraught evacuation amid billowing clouds of smoke. Airport officials...
Medical Chopper Reported Flight Control Problem Before Fatal Crash in Mississippi
Mar 14 2025 // CANTON, Miss. (AP) — A medical helicopter that crashed in a wooded area in Mississippi reported “a flight control problem” shortly before a Monday crash that killed all three people on board, federal...
How Faulty Parts at Boeing’s 787 Jets Flew Below the Radar in Italy
Mar 13 2025 // On a Saturday morning in May, 2020, Italian police officers caught two men pouring chemical waste into the sewers in the southern port city of Brindisi, near a small plane components factory. Five years on, that routine...
NTSB ‘Urgently’ Recommends Alternative Route for Helicopters at DC Airport
Mar 12 2025 // A report from the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday urgently recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) permanently prohibit helicopter operations near Washington’s Ronald Reagan National...
Airlines Want Less Helicopter Traffic Near Washington Airport
Mar 4 2025 // A group representing U.S. airlines plans to urge federal aviation officials to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., following a January collision by an Army Black...
South Korea’s New Lithium Battery Rules on Planes Highlight Growing Risk for Aviation
Mar 3 2025 // South Korea tightened rules on carrying lithium batteries on planes from Saturday, highlighting a growing risk to flights worldwide from the batteries used in cellphones and e-cigarettes which can malfunction to produce...
