A FedEx Boeing 767 cargo plane struck a bird while departing Newark Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday and made an emergency landing with one engine on fire.

Crew members are trained to identify the signs of exhaustion in teammates and encouraged to report their own tiredness before the flight. Collaboration and empathy can reduce the risk of human error during a flight.

As the Department of Government Efficiency cuts thousands of federal government jobs, concerns are being raised that many of the firings will impact aviation safety.

Air traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport will now come to a complete stop whenever the president flies to and from the White House on Marine One, following a new policy aimed at enhancing airspace security,

Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his SpaceX satellite and rocket company,

Former National Transportation Safety Board investigators and safety advisers have pointed to the decades-long air traffic controller shortage as the underlying cause of the crashes, and told Newsweek that the FAA should re-prioritize “aeronautical decision-making.”

A string of crashes has left flyers on edge, and attention has been turned on those responsible for aviation safety in the U.S.

An American Airlines pilot canceled a landing at Reagan Washington National Airport on Tuesday to avoid colliding with a departing flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

While go-arounds can feel jarring to passengers, they are routine, happening more than three times per day on average last year across the United States, a CNN analyst said.

Travelers are on edge as the Federal Aviation Administration firings raise safety concerns amid recent aviation incidents.

The FAA will now bring air traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport to a complete stop whenever the president flies nearby on Marine One.

Police added that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), responded to the scene and is investigating the collision, which occurred ...