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Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...
FAA planning more helicopter route changes after fatal collision
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is planning additional helicopter route changes near Ronald Reagan ...
She 'was a real person': Mom of crash victim speaks out as FAA faces scrutiny
As hearings unfold into the fatal January plane-helicopter collision near D.C., investigators say the FAA ignored clear ...
Air traffic controller should have warned plane of Army helicopter's path ahead of fatal DC crash: FAA
Air traffic controller failed to notify commercial plane crew about approaching Army helicopter before Washington D.C.
Drone group eyes FAA rule change to open more business opportunities
Drone industry experts are expecting a change in federal policy that could usher a surge in new business opportunities for ...
The FAA needs to lead on better safety: Senator on hearings over DCA collision
Ranking member of the Senate committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., joins Morning ...
Tower failed to warn plane of Black Hawk’s path before D.C. crash, FAA says
Federal Aviation Administration official affirmed in testimony Thursday, the agency’s first acknowledgment of a possible ...
NTSB criticizes FAA for failing to act before fatal Army helicopter collision
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board sharply criticized U.S. officials for failing to act before the January ...
Thousands of flights were delayed at Newark Airport. Investigators want to know if moving this FAA facility caused it
The Department of Transportation’s inspector general has opened an audit into the relocation of the Federal Aviation ...
Feds launch audit into FAA over gutted Long Island air traffic control facility as safety concerns rise over Newark airspace
Staff are burnt out — and very concerned about safety and feel very strongly that those moved to Philadelphia should come ...
FAA faces scrutiny in NTSB hearings on deadly midair collision
The NTSB hearing is patining a picture of a control tower that was understaffed and ill-equipped to handle the traffic if ...
USDOT Criticizes FAA's Oversight Of SkyWest Airlines Maintenance Violations
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has criticized the Federal Aviation Administration's ( FAA) failure to sufficiently resolve its oversight of SkyWest's maintenance practices. A DOT ...