“Everyone deserves to be treated respectfully,” congressional leaders say. The bipartisan “Protection from Abusive Passengers Act” is making its way through Congress. Under the law, a national no-fly…
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FAA Temporarily Cuts Minimum Airline Flight Requirements
Agency cites shortage of air traffic controller staffing levels. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced last week that they are temporarily cutting minimum flight requirements for airlines at…
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FAA and NTSB Investigating Close Calls by Aircraft
Repeated instances have occurred where airliners nearly collided on airport runways or tarmacs. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have begun investigations…
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Winter Storm Shuts Down Parts of U.S.
Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed. An active, massive winter storm is impacting much of the United States this week, with ice, snow, and high winds.…
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NTSB to Investigate United Airlines Incident
The plane recovered just 775 feet above the Pacific Ocean. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it would be investigating an incident in which a United Airlines…
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FAA Says Air Travel is Safe
A new team is making technical reviews. Federal Aviation Administration Acting Administrator Billy Nolen said the agency has taken steps to assure that air travel is safe. To…
Read MoreHouse Discusses Aviation Safety After Near-Miss
Recent fly-by sent planes within 100 vertical feet of each other. Members of the Congressional infrastructure and aviation committees expressed concerns in response to the continuing incidents occurring…
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House Passes Bill to Review FAA Pilot Alert System
The chamber’s legislators voted overwhelmingly to pass the bill. The House of Representatives passed the NOTAM Improvement Act in a vote of 464-4. This bipartisan bill aims at…
Read MoreFAA and NTSB Investigate Near Collision at JFK
One jetliner taxied in front of another as it was about to take off. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating how two…
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FAA Safety System Outage Grounds All Flights
The agency lifted the ground stop that has delayed flights across the nation. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop of U.S. flights after an outage occurred…
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