A midair collision near D.C. has raised concerns over FAA staffing, prompting scrutiny of air traffic control and aviation safety oversight.
President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration -- under Democratic presidents -- were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Thursday he will soon announce a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a devastating collision between an American Airlines regional plane and an Army helicopter killed 67 people.
The year 2024 was quite eventful for both United Airlines and Boeing, to say the least. Both companies faced several challenges, some of which were related to each other, but both ended the year quite differently.
Now-terminated pilot Romullo Tadeu Melo Silva alleges the carrier defamed him by intentionally making false statements to the Federal Aviation Administration about a 2023 landing that caused part of the fuselage to buckle.
Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the American Airlines jet involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C.
The plane, American Eagle Flight No. 5342, a regional jetliner, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members on a flight from Wichita, Kansas. There were three soldiers aboard the U.S. Army’s Sikorsky H-60, a Defense Department official told CBS News.
""DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of police, military, news and rescue helicopters criss-crossing the Potomac River,
No one survived. Names of all the victims have not been released, but they included promising young figure skaters and people from Kansas, where the flight originated
Robert Katz has been flying for over four decades, he provided a pilot's perspective on the fatal American Airlines crash in Washington D.C.
Investigators plan to push forward on Friday with efforts to retrieve the two aircraft involved in a crash in Washington that killed 67 people and raised questions about air safety in the U.S. capital.
Miami Lakes House Republican Tom Fabricio offered his condolences on Thursday after an American Airlines passenger flight collided with an A