Transportation Chief to Unveil Plan to Upgrade Air Traffic Control March 24, 2025 By David Shepardson Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will unveil a plan next week to upgrade the aging, under-staffed U.S. air traffic control system...
Airlines Want Less Helicopter Traffic Near Washington Airport March 4, 2025 By David Shepardson A group representing U.S. airlines plans to urge federal aviation officials to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around Reagan National Airport...
Family of Man Killed in Copter-Plane Midair Collision Files $250 Million Claim February 19, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The family of a Connecticut man killed in the January 29 collision of an American Airlines plane with a military...
Helicopter Crew in Collision With Plane May Not Have Heard Key Instruction: NTSB February 18, 2025 By Josh Funk, Tim Sullivan and Gary Fields The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan...
Washington Crash Investigators Complete Interviews, Probe Plane Wreckage, Flight Logs February 4, 2025 By Jasper Ward and David Shepardson The National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it has completed interviews with air traffic controllers in its investigation into...
Near-Misses at Washington Airport Worried Pilots Long Before Fatal Crash February 3, 2025 By Dan Catchpole, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Allison Lampert U.S. commercial pilot Rick Redfern was preparing to land at Reagan Washington National Airport about a decade ago when he...
Medical Transport Plane Crash in Philadelphia Leaves 7 Dead, 19 Injured February 2, 2025 By Danny Lee and Hari Govind A Medevac plane that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia killed one person on the ground and left 19 others hospitalized, in...
Bodies In Landing Gear. Stowaways. Open Doors. What’s Up With Aviation Security? January 13, 2025 By Josh Funk What is going on with aviation security? People have been found dead hiding in the wheel wells of planes twice...
US Banning Drone Flights Over New Jersey Utility Transmission Sites December 19, 2024 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it was temporarily barring drone flights over 22 utility locations in New Jersey...
United Says FAA Staffing Shortages Causing Disruption at Newark Hub November 27, 2024 By David Shepardson United Airlines said on Tuesday that an acute shortage of air traffic controllers was causing “significant disruption” for travelers at...