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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 ...
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 ...
Plane Crash Hearing Witness Called Out for Allegedly 'Elbowing FAA Employee Mid-Sentence': ‘Not Gonna Put Up with That’
As the investigative hearing continues into the deadly mid-air crash between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines ...
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'Not gonna put up with that': FAA hearing gets tense after employee elbowed into silence
A National Transportation Safety Board hearing over the deadly Washington, D.C. plane crash has uncovered startling revelations in the past two days, but one supervisor at 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 failed to act before helicopter crash, US transport chief says
The Federal Aviation Administration failed to act despite dozens of near-miss incidents before a fatal January crash between ...
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NTSB criticizes FAA during hearing about crash killing 67
The NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for not being able to prevent the American Airlines Flight 5342 and the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter from colliding on ...
NTSB chair blasts FAA over deadly DC crash: 'Are you kidding me? 67 people are dead'
At their closest points, helicopters and planes routinely flew within 75 feet near the airport, according to the NTSB.
FAA to modernize 40-year-old system after fatal Washington DC crash
New FAA administrator Bryan Bedford called the U.S. air traffic control system "unacceptable" and vowed major tech upgrades ...
FAA watchdog opens audit on Westbury air traffic controller transfers
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy requested the audit to see if the move had a role in communications and radar outages at ...
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FAA staffing issues brought up during inquiry, testimony
Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...