Sep 26 Intentionally set fire grounds flights at Chicago airports By Ariel Min A fire at an air traffic control facility outside of Chicago, which authorities said was intentionally set by a contract employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, grounded all flights into and out of two Chicago airports on Friday. Continue reading
Sep 24 Deer prove dangerous to airports and pilots By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Long the bane of gardeners and unwary motorists, soaring deer populations are also nuisances for airports and threats to pilots, especially at this time of year, according to aviation and wildlife experts. Continue reading
Jul 03 U.S. tightens security at overseas airports with direct flights into the country By Ken Dilanian, Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new and improved bomb that could go undetected through airport security. Continue reading
Jun 13 Air traffic controllers working exhausting schedules, report finds By Joan Lowy, Associated Press Three years after a series of incidents in which controllers were found to be sleeping on the job, a National Research Council report released Friday expressed astonishment that the Federal Aviation Administration still permits controllers to work schedules that cram… Continue reading
Feb 10 Passenger and cargo planes' wrong landings more common than previously thought By Associated Press U.S. commercial air carriers have landed or started to land at the wrong airports at least 150 times since the early 1990s, according to a search by The Associated Press of government safety databases and media reports. And the problem… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Saturday, November 2, 2013 Costly generic drugs, security at the nations' airports and the global gender gap. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch How secure can we make our airports? Rafi Ron, an airport security expert, discusses the recent shooting of a TSA agent at LAX and the future of airport security in America. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch For Frequent Fliers, How Big a Concern Is Backscatter Body Scan Radiation? As millions of Americans take to the skies for holiday travel, some scientists have raised concerns about the small dose of ionizing radiation emitted by backscatter full-body scanners used to screen passengers at U.S. airports. In partnership with ProPublica, Miles… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch FAA Shutdown Coming to an End, but Funding Fight Still Looms Congressional leaders announced Thursday they had reached a bipartisan agreement to temporarily extend funding for the Federal Aviation Administration, which would end the nearly two-week partial shutdown but leave long-term funding in question. Jeffrey Brown discusses the deal with Public… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Budget Impasse, Partial Shutdown Costing FAA Millions in Lost Revenue Since July 23, the FAA has furloughed nearly 4,000 employees and shut down construction grants for workers at airport facilities. Judy Woodruff discusses the budget impasse, which is costing the FAA millions in lost revenue, with Public Radio International's Todd… Continue watching