Feb 22 Oversight committee wants to look at Pruitt's travel records By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press A Republican-led congressional committee is demanding records related to premium-class flights taken by Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 10:43 Flight attendants and passengers call for clearer policies around sexual assault on planes By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman In 2017, the FBI investigated 63 allegations of sexual assault on airplanes, with several public figures speaking out about their own experiences. But no database tracks these incidents, and airlines are not required to report them to the federal government. Continue watching
Jun 21 Watch 6:07 Why planes can't fly when it's too hot, and other ways our civilization can't take the heat By PBS News Hour An extreme heat wave is baking the West and Southwest, with temperatures well above 100 degrees. More than 40 flights were cancelled or delayed because some planes can't safely lift off in that heat. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Hari… Continue watching
Oct 25 Aviation world remembers 'greatest stick-and-rudder' pilot Bob Hoover By Larisa Epatko Legendary military, air show and test pilot Robert “Bob” Hoover, who survived more than his share of close calls, died Tuesday at age 94 near his home in Southern California. Continue reading
Mar 07 Here's what BMW did before it made luxury cars By Larisa Epatko BMW turns 100 years old on Monday. Before the company made high-end motorcycles and cars, it powered some of Germany’s preeminent fighter airplanes as far back as World War I. Continue reading
May 27 Watch 1:13 Female WWII pilot takes flight again By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares video of the day, 92-year-old Joy Lofthouse was a member of an all-female division of British pilots during World War II. Seventy years later, she returns to the cockpit. Continue watching
Apr 14 U.S. to tell some suspected terrorists if they are on the no-fly list By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press Under legal pressure, the Obama administration will begin telling some suspected terrorists if and why they are on a list of tens of thousands of people banned from flying to, from or within the United States. Continue reading
Mar 29 JetBlue pilot who had midair meltdown sues airline for more than $14M By Triana Kalmanoff Former JetBlue Airways Corp pilot, whose mid-flight meltdown forced an emergency landing of a plane he was co-piloting, sued the airline for more than $14 million on Friday, claiming the airline permitted him to fly despite signs of mental health… Continue reading
Jan 23 So long, SkyMall, and thanks for all the massage pillows By Ashira Morris In its glory days, SkyMall was “the sole in-flight option for potential purchasers of products to review while traveling,”… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 2:22 Search widens for missing AirAsia flight - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching