Aug 31 Labor Day travelers can expect lots of company By David Koenig, Associated Press The Federal Aviation Administration predicts that this will be the third busiest holiday weekend of the year so far. Continue reading
Mar 26 Watch 2:59 News Wrap: Recovery underway after destructive Mississippi tornado In our news wrap Sunday, residents and rescue teams combed through the aftermath of a deadly tornado in Mississippi, Trump spoke at his first 2024 campaign rally in Waco, Texas, the death toll of a chocolate factory explosion in Pennsylvania… Continue watching
Mar 26 Biden’s nominee for FAA chief withdraws amid dubious Senate support By David Koenig, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination, a setback for the administration that comes after Denver International Airport CEO Phillip Washington appeared to lack enough support in the closely divided Senate. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:41 News Wrap: Russian missiles slam residential targets across Ukraine In our news wrap Wednesday, Russian missiles and drones slammed into residential and other targets across Ukraine, South Korea’s military says North Korea test-fired multiple cruise missiles into the sea, the head of Norfolk Southern faced calls for tougher regulations… Continue watching
Feb 07 Congress considers federal aviation oversight after near collisions By David Koenig, Associated Press Congress is taking up key aviation legislation just after close calls between planes at airports in New York and Texas. A House committee held the first hearing Tuesday on legislation that will govern the Federal Aviation Administration. Continue reading
Jan 15 FAA, NTSB investigate near-miss between two planes at New York By Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America Officials are investigating a close call at a New York airport Friday night between a plane that was crossing a runway and another that was preparing for takeoff. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 3:28 News Wrap: Air travel back to normal day after FAA outage In our news wrap Thursday, U.S. air travel returned to close to normal after a government computer system broke down and grounded all flights for a time, the mayor of Selma, Alabama, reports significant damage from a large tornado that… Continue watching
Jan 12 Few airline delays or cancellations a day after FAA outage grounds planes By Michelle Chapman, David Koenig, Associated Press Delays and cancellations among flights across the United States were minimal on Thursday, a day after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, grounding some planes for hours. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 6:14 What may have caused the FAA computer outage that grounded flights for hours By Amna Nawaz, Alexis Cox, Dorothy Hastings The nation's air travel system had another long, difficult day Wednesday. More than 1,100 flights were canceled and 7,700 were delayed when a critical system failed at the Federal Aviation Administration. The outage forced the FAA to call a nationwide… Continue watching
Jan 11 WATCH: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks on FAA computer outage By Associated Press Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says "safety is going to be our North Star, as always," following the outage of the Federal Aviation Administration system on Wednesday. Continue reading