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.
A string of crashes has left flyers on edge, and attention has been turned on those responsible for aviation safety in the U.S.
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.
There are “not more accidents” and “near-misses” with aircraft now, but accidents have become “more deadly” and “higher profile,” former ATC Michael Pearson said.
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Transportation Chief Insists FAA Purges Aren’t That BadFormer 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.”
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.
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).
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FOX 5 Washington DC on MSNNew FAA rules at DCA halt air traffic for president’s Marine One travelAir 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,
Travelers are on edge as the Federal Aviation Administration firings raise safety concerns amid recent aviation incidents.
an aviation safety consultant who was a longtime official at both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates accidents. These cuts “certainly [are] not going to ...
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 ...
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