FAA limits flights at Newark airport for the rest of 2025
June 7 (UPI) -- Arrivals and departures are limited for the rest of the year at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The restrictions…
Trump order seeks to boost U.S. drone industry
June 7 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump is taking aim at drone technology from two directions -- boost the U.S. industry and crack down on…
FAA seeks ‘top innovators’ to rebuild air traffic control system
June 3 (UPI) -- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday the Federal Aviation Administration is searching for "top innovators" to lead the rebuilding of the…
Boeing reaches $1.1 billion settlement with DOJ to avoid prosecution
Pieces of the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft are piled at the crash site near Bishoftu, Ethiopia, on March 19,…
In ‘horrific’ scene, small jet crashes in San Diego military neighborhood
1 of 2 | Damaged cars line a residential street after a small plane crashed into the area earlier in the day near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive…
Equipment issues grind air traffic to a halt in Newark and Atlanta
May 11 (UPI) -- Operations are returning to normal after a unrelated equipment issues prompted ground stops at Newark Liberty and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airports…
Air Traffic Control screens shut down at Newark Airport for second time
An airplane takes off from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., in 2022. For the second time in a week, air traffic control systems…
FAA reveals plan for new air traffic control system
May 8 (UPI) -- The nation's aging air traffic control system will be replaced with one that is aimed at 21st-century needs while improving safety,…
Congress seeks answers about rising drone activity over military bases
WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- The House Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Tuesday questioned Department of Defense officials about an increase in unauthorized drone…
3 bodies recovered from Platte River after private aircraft crash
April 19 (UPI) -- The bodies of the pilot and two passengers were recovered from the Platte River in Nebraska following a private airplane crash…
Small plane crash in South Florida kills 3
A Cessna 310R, similar to one pictured in 1977, crashed in Boca Raton, Fla., on Friday. Photo by FlugKerl2/Wikimedia Commons April 11 (UPI) -- Three…
‘Did we hit the aircraft next to us?’ Planes touch wings at Reagan National Airport
April 10 (UPI) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why two American Airlines regional jets touched wings at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.,…
Air traffic controller stops Southwest jet from taking off from Orlando taxiway
A Southwest 737 Max 8 airliner sits at a gate after arriving from Los Angeles at St. Louis-Lambert International Airport in St. Louis on March…
Trump nominates Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford as FAA administrator
1 of 2 | Republic Airways CEO and pilot Bryan Bedford has been nominated to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Photo courtesy Republic Airways March…
FAA bans non-essential helicopters near Reagan airport after crash involving helicopter
1 of 3 | A plane takes off on Feb. 3 as recovery salvage experts prepare to lift the remains of the wreckage from the…
Aviation experts urge investments in air traffic control staffing, new technologies
A salvage crew recovers the wreckage of a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Potomac River following a midair…
Delta flight returns to Boston after take off over 'smoky odor' detected on board
A Delta Air Lines flight from Boston to New Orleans had to return to Logan International Airport shortly after takeoff on Sunday over a "smoky…
FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing in Newark after bird strike
1 of 2 | FedEx Jet Photo courtesy FexEx March 1 (UPI) -- A FedEx cargo plane made an emergency landing back to Newark Liberty…
Southwest jetliner takes evasive action while landing at Chicago’s Midway
A Southwest 737 Max 8 airliner is pictured in March 2019 and is the same type of aircraft that narrowly averted a ground collision when…
Several hundred FAA support staff fired amid agency shortages
The FAA control tower is seen at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., on February 2, four days after a commuter jet and an Army…