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The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming an equipment outage this week for delaying 819 flights.
The Federal Aviation Administration experienced computer problems on Thursday that led to flight cancellations and widespread delays around the country.
For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.
Small aircraft flying over the Hudson River near New York City are now following new flight rules.
Federal Aviation Administration officials said Friday they are strengthening procedures for alerting the military when air traffic controllers lose contact with planes.
The Federal Aviation Administration has determined a runway incursion at Los Angeles International Airport last week was minor.
The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles have prompted the Obama administration to broaden its look at distracted driving to include distracted flying, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Wednesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday revoked the licenses of the two Northwest Airlines pilots who flew past their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday a runway incursion put a taxiing jet about 82 feet from a departing airliner — less than half the separation required by aviation rules.
The parents who reported last week that their 6-year-old son may have been on board a giant, runaway balloon could potentially be in more trouble with the Federal Aviation Administration for making a phone call than for setting loose the saucer-shaped craft, aviation experts say.
Police have released a 911 call they received from a Colorado couple who told authorities they believed their 6-year-old son had floated away in a giant helium balloon.
The Federal Aviation Administration may be expanding its investigation into suspected structural problems found in a small portion of American Airlines jets, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday proposed levying multimillion-dollar fines against United Airlines and US Airways for safety violations, including flying a plane after mechanics stuffed shop towels into an engine.
Responding to criticism that his agency has become too cozy with companies it regulates, the new head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the FAA will stop calling airlines "customers," as he announced steps to ensure air carriers comply with safety orders.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that a deadly plane crash near Buffalo demonstrated a "complete inattention to basic details" compared with the "textbook greatness" of the safe landing of a jetliner on the Hudson River just weeks earlier.
Two small planes collided in midair Wednesday about 40 miles south of Phoenix, sending one crashing to the ground and killing a student pilot from China who was training to fly commercial planes, officials said.
Airplane and helicopter pilot groups lauded the proposed changes to the airspace over the Hudson River Thursday, while air traffic controllers braced for the possibility of an increased workload the new regulations could produce.
A pilot's proficiency check went tragically wrong Tuesday, killing one Federal Aviation Administration employee and critically injuring another when their helicopter crashed into a Mississippi duplex, officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a helicopter ride that a central Florida father arranged for his teenager's first day of school.
A small plane made an emergency landing in a mall's parking lot on Tuesday, stunning back-to-school shoppers, and the pilot and a passenger emerged with only minor injuries.
Authorities say a small airplane was struck by three vehicles just after it made an emergency landing on a California freeway.
Access National Corp., the holding company of Access National Bank, said Friday director J. Randolph Babbitt has resigned from the board, following his appointment to administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Federal Aviation Administration is trying to determine what caused a Horizon Air plane carrying 76 passengers to run off a runway and go 50 feet into the grass at an airport in Washington state.
Authorities have suspended an air traffic controller who was talking on the phone during last week's deadly mid-air collision over New York's Hudson River, along with a supervisor who was out of the building at the time.
A suspected bird strike shortly after takeoff forced a Northwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing Sunday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, officials said. No one was injured.
FAA and NORAD Changed Records to Accord with Cheney LiesA senior Counsel for the 9/11 Commission, John Farmer, has written a book exposing the degree to which our response to 9/11 was disorganized and and outdated–geared to respond to an attack from Russia rather than from terrorists.
CAPE WIND AS PROPOSED FOR NANTUCKET SOUND POSES A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY Zoning is Police Power intended to create order by law to prevent chaos that results in public safety hazards.
Feds: Pilot in crash had wrong radio frequencyA federal safety official says the pilot of a plane involved in a mid-air collision over the Hudson River read back the wrong radio frequency to an air traffic controller but wasn't corrected.
Pilots question speed sensors' troubled historyAirbus knew since at least 2002 about problems with the type of speed sensor that malfunctioned on an Air France passenger plane that crashed in June, The Associated Press reports.
Nine die as aircraft collide above ManhattanA sightseeing helicopter and a small airplane plunge into the Hudson River, killing all aboard. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it's too early to know if the collision will change flight restrictions.
4 die as helicopter crashes onto Md. highwayA commercial helicopter crashed onto a western Maryland highway and burst into flames late Thursday night, killing all four people on board, emergency officials said.
Flights of fancy: Why airborne automobiles will never take offWHAT is it about "flying cars" that makes otherwise sensible engineers lose touch with reality? Ever since Glenn Curtiss, a seaplane pioneer, racing legend and the Wright brothers' rival, tried to make a flying car early in the last century, tinkerers have dreamed of having …
Thousands of Vulnerabilities Detected In FAA's Air Traffic Control Web AppsA government audit has pinpointed more than 3,800 vulnerabilities -- 763 of which are high-risk -- in the Federal Aviation Administration's Web-based air traffic control system applications, including some that could potentially put air travel at risk.
New York City flyover cost over $300,000The flight over lower Manhattan for a photo-shoot scared some New Yorkers who remember the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 involving hijacked airliners.
Ohio skydiver dies after parachute fails to openAuthorities say a central Ohio skydiver whose parachute failed to open during a jump has died from his injuries.
FAA: 17 die in Montana plane crashA Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says 17 people are dead after a plane crashed while approaching the airport in Butte.
NTSB: Birds in ditched jet's engines were geeseBird remains found in both engines of the US Airways jetliner that ditched into New York's Hudson River last month have been identified as Canada geese, federal safety officials said Thursday.
FedEx plane veers off runway, catches fireA FedEx cargo plane landing at a Texas airport veered off the runway, crashed and caught fire, but both crew members walked away from the wreckage, officials said.
The Week That Should Have Ended McCain's Presidential Hopes During this past week: McCain called the most important entitlement program in the U.S.
Family of dead flight student sues defunct school, plans to sue FAAThe family of an Indian flight student who died in a two-plane collision over the Everglades last year has filed a lawsuit against the defunct Kemper Aviation flight school and is eyeing a similar complaint against the Federal Aviation Administration.
For airlines, runways are the danger zone -- not the skies!The most dangerous time in a flight is take-off and landing, where runway incidents are a relative commonplace. The FAA concedes that more needs to be done on runway safety.
For U.S., Europe, and Asia, great distances between air travel safety regulations - International Herald TribuneDespite the recent FAA-forced cancellation of many flights and Congress questioning the oversight ability of the FAA, most other nations' aviation regulatory bodies (including the European Union's) believe the FAA is the standard-bearer when it comes to aviation and air travel sa …
Four Tons of Cocaine, Secret Renditions, CIA Assets, Covert Operations, Colombia Connections, and the US GovernmentFederal Aviation Administration records obtained recently by Narco News offer some razor sharp evidence that a fat line of connections in the ongoing cocaine plane mystery leads right back to the nose of the U.S. government.
FAA takes risks with shoddy oversight, experts sayThe Federal Aviation Administration is putting the public at risk with lax oversight and a too-cozy relationship with the airlines, a top lawmaker and aviation experts said Tuesday.
Do pilots get enough sleep?Nobody wants a tired pilot flying a fully loaded 747 jumbo jet. The airlines and Federal Aviation Administration insist that no pilots are – at least, none who are tired enough to jeopardize safety.
New Airport Terminal on pace to open in '09The new $119 million passenger terminal at the Springfield Branson National Airport is about 35 percent complete and on track to open in February 2009
The Fly's a Spy: A new type of flying machine is watching youJUST below a half-opened garage door a tiny device can be seen at the feet of someone lurking in the shadows. It looks like a blue dragonfly. Then its miniature wings begin to flap as it slips under the door and darts along the street.
Wall Street Journal finds Flightstats.com the best Online Flight Status Alert ServiceIn these days of long delays, flight tracking and flight-status alerts have become important tools for travelers.
Safety Fears on No-Pilot AirplanesThe Federal Aviation Administration is concerned that no-pilot airplanes cannot watch out for other air traffic the way a human pilot does.
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