Loss of Alaska Airlines Cockpit Recording Rekindles Industry Safety Debate January 9, 2024 By Valerie Insinna, David Shepardson, Lisa Barrington and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON –– The cockpit voice recorder data on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet which lost a panel...
FAA Wants New Planes to Capture More Cockpit Data to Boost Safety Probes December 1, 2023 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON –– The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it is proposing to extend the cockpit voice-recording requirement to 25...
Safety Officials Release Details of their Investigation into a Close Call Between Planes in Texas December 1, 2023 By David Koenig DALLAS (AP) — The air traffic controller on duty when FedEx and Southwest planes nearly collided earlier this year in...
FAA Proposes Space Junk Clean-Up Rule to Declutter Earth’s Orbit September 21, 2023 By Eric Johnson A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk. The US Federal Aviation...
FAA Warns of Safety Hazard from Overheating Engine Housing on Boeing Max Jets During Anti-Icing August 9, 2023 By David Koenig U.S. regulators are warning airlines to limit the use of an anti-icing system on Boeing 737 Max jets in dry...
FAA Requires New Passenger Planes Have Secondary Flight Deck Barrier June 15, 2023 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON —The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it is requiring that new passenger airplanes have a secondary barrier...
FAA Head Defends Safety of US Air Travel After Close Calls February 16, 2023 By David Koenig The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday he has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the technology...
FAA Says ‘Unintentionally Deleted Files’ Prompted Computer Outage January 20, 2023 By David Shepardson The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday a preliminary review found that contract personnel “unintentionally deleted files” disrupting a key...
Minimal Airline Delays, Cancellations a Day After US Outage January 13, 2023 By Michelle Chapman and David Koenig Delays and cancellations among flights across the United States were minimal on Thursday, a day after a system that offers...
ITA Airways Investigates Ground Collision at New York’s JFK Airport January 12, 2023 MILAN –– Italy’s ITA Airways said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into a ground collision involving one of...