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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it will investigate a near miss on the runway of the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside Washington, D.C., Thursday morning, in which one plane nearly crossed into a runway as another plane was taking off. According to an emailed statement from the FAA, an air traffic controller instructed…

The Federal Aviation Administration told Boeing Wednesday that the company must develop a comprehensive plan to deal with systemic quality-control issues in order to meet non-negotiable FAA safety standards.

A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted on legislation to boost safety inspector and air traffic controller staffing, but declined to endorse raising the airline pilot retirement age to 67 from 65. The U.S. House of Representatives in July voted 351-69 on a sweeping bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would hike the mandatory pilot retirement age to 67. The Senate Commerce Committee voted 14-13 to reject the retirement age hike after the FAA said earlier this wee

The FAA has once again expanded its oversight into Boeing’s use of door plugs that may be defective, recommending new inspections of a 737 class jet.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it will investigate an incident at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport where a plane taxiing for takeoff clipped another plane Sunday evening. No injuries were reported, the FAA said in an emailed statement. The FAA said the left wing tip of Flight 11 from All Nippon Airways, a Japanese airline,…

An expert panel assembled to address a series of near collisions of commercial airliners at US airports has recommended several changes it said are necessary to keep air travel safe.

With uncontrollable factors increasingly constraining U.S. air travel as demand continues to grow, navigating the skies is only becoming more complex.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Air Force veteran Carroll William Joye of Orangeburg loves...