Congress Questions the FAA, US Army and NTSB over Deadly Midair Collision in DC The FAA's acting administrator told the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that he knows the agency must make...
How a World War II Tail Gunner Survived a Midair Collision Without a Parachute Sgt. James Raley's account came almost three months to the day after he improbably survived that fall from the skies over...
US Investigators Say Alaska Plane Was Overweight for Icy Conditions in Crash that Killed 10 A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska, killing all 10 people on board, was half a ton overweight for a trip...
Helicopter Route Permanently Closed After Deadly Black Hawk Collision with Plane Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger...
Route Used by Army Black Hawk During Deadly Collision Was Far Too Risky, Safety Officials Say Federal crash investigators have said a helicopter route used by an Army Black Hawk for training when it crashed midair with...
Rescuers Find Philippine Fighter Jet's Wreckage and the Bodies of 2 Pilots Deployed to Fight Rebels Rescuers found the wreckage of a Philippine fighter jet and the bodies of its two pilots in a mountainous region in the...
Southwest Airlines Flight Abruptly Rises to Avoid Another Plane Crossing Chicago Runway Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago's Midway Airport were forced to climb back into the sky...
2 People Are Dead in a Small Plane Collision at a Southern Arizona Airport A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona has killed two people.
Americans' Confidence in Air Travel Safety Dips Slightly After Washington Plane Crash: AP-NORC Poll Americans' confidence in air travel and the federal agencies tasked with maintaining air safety has slipped a little from...
Delta Jet Flips Upside Down on a Snowy Toronto Runway and All 80 Aboard Survive A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
