Nation Oct 20 FAA approves Boeing's 737 Max 10 for passenger service The new model is designed to carry more people while using less fuel, appealing to airlines facing high jet fuel costs.
Nation Oct 08 Army calls for safety fixes after finding systemic failures behind DC midair collision The Army report — completed in May and released publicly Thursday after months of pressure from the victims' families — identified failures involving air traffic control, helicopter routes, training and safety practices.
Nation Sep 22 Air traffic control calamity disrupts hundreds of U.S. flights, spotlighting the aging system Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says Monday's disruptions reinforce why he's asking Congress for $20 billion more to fix U.S. air traffic control.
Nation Sep 22 New York airport operations resume after technical disruptions affecting Northeast Flights were taking off and landing at New York City-area airports Tuesday with some delays and cancellations, after hours of disruptions resulting from damaged communications lines at a key air traffic control facility in Philadelphia that were later repaired.
Nation Sep 21 Technical problems at a key air traffic center disrupt flights across Northeast On Monday morning, the primary circuit that carries data into that air traffic control facility failed, affecting flights for Philadelphia as well as Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Nation Sep 08 All 5 killed in Miami airport cargo jet crash were in a van used by plane cleaners Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said Tuesday that two people remain in critical condition, and a third is in stable condition.
Nation Sep 06 At least 5 dead after Amazon cargo plane barreled off runway at Miami airport The aircraft overran the runway around 2 p.m. after arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Five people were killed, three critically injured and two others hospitalized with less severe injuries, Miami-Dade County officials told a news conference.
Nation Aug 21 2 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers workers among 8 killed in small plane crash in Alaska The twin-engine Cessna 441 had taken off from Anchorage and was headed for the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport about 450 miles west when it crashed around midday Thursday.
Nation Aug 14 Army temporarily halts Apache helicopter training missions after deadly Texas crash No cause of the Wednesday crash has been released because the investigation has just begun. A safety investigation team from the Army Combat Readiness Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama, is trying to determine what happened, the Army said.
Nation Aug 14 Quick-thinking controller helps 2 planes with same flight number avoid possible disaster A potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion and keep them a safe distance apart.