WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, ...
A string of fatal crashes has intensified pressure on regulators and lawmakers to ensure the safety of American aviation.
The firings hit the FAA when it faces a shortfall in controllers. Federal officials have been raising concerns about an ...
The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines plane last month may not have heard vital information given by ...
Last month, an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided as the plane prepared to land at Washington D ...
The firings come as the Federal Aviation Administration is already struggling to find enough air traffic controllers to man ...
A recent crash involving a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Toronto marks the latest in a string of aviation ...
Firings affected several hundred workers responsible for maintaining FAA radar, landing systems and navigational aids.
A spate of airplane crashes has raised travelers’ anxieties about flying. Experts say aviation remains comparatively less ...
Many flyers are on edge after a series of unrelated plane crashes including the midair collision in Washington, D.C., the ...
“We hear the word ‘circling’ in ATC [air traffic control] communications ... (Mark Schiefelbein/AP) Twenty seconds before the crash, “a radio transmission from the tower is audible ...