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John Hawkins/Stuff An Independent review of Invercargill Airports recommends it should not change its current levels of air traffic control. [File photo] An Independent review of Invercargill Airport’s controlled airspace recommends that the staffed control tower should stay in light of an Airways announcement to withdraw from the airport. In May, Airways New Zealand announced its decision to withdraw its services from regional airports in Hawkes Bay, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Rotorua and Inve...

>> yeah, a 500-foot ceiling in manhattan, its pretty dangerous to consider flying across the island of manhattan with a 500-foot ceiling, no question about that. and the rules for helicopters are different. visual flight rules that means the allows that allow you to fly are pretty simply stated for helicopters, remain clear of the clouds and you have to fly at a speed that would avoid a collision with some object or another aircraft. so in other words, because helicopters can fly so slowly, the ...

Crashed his single engine plane into a building on 72nd street, there was a lot of concern that might have been some terrorism. it turned out to be a horrifying accident, he ran out of fuel. again, after that the faa came out and said heres the deal, if you of the east river in two of the river those are called vf are corridors, visual flight rules meaning that you have to,u are not talking about being on radar you are talking about visual flight rules and you have to be 1,100 feet above the riv...

>> federal officials are investigating the deadly midair collision of two small planes that happened just outside dallas. police say the two small planes were operating under visual flight rules. they were not in contact with an air traffic controller. three people sadly were killed in that midair collision. >> now to the u.s. response to alleged russian hacking. were hearing more praise from congressional republicans for president obamas sanctions. arkansas senator tom cotton is supporting the ...

Chance they can make it. >> reporter: the oer crashed onto a busy road. >> one o them came pretty much straight down. the other one had a little control, but he was coming down. there was no stopping it. >> reporter: three people dead. they have not been identified. the ntsb says both planes were flying under visual flight rules and not in contact with any control tower after leaving the aerocountrairport. in the highly populated area of mckinney, texas, dozens documented the aftermath. >> i was...

Barbara said, safety the biggest issue right now. >> i know its flying low. this is what were hearing from folks who have actually seen this with their own eyes. that said, we know the faa and norad are apparently working to make sure planes dont cross its path. i dont know how they even know what its path would be. your response to that. what do you think theyre doing? >> well, there is visual flight rules. im hoping that the weather is still good. if the weather gets bad, there will be problem...

Coming within two miles of an american fighter jet. the russians going after the moderates we backed on the ground and ours going after isis is a complicated story. its not when you have the ability to fly at supersonic speed. moscow says the russian jet was trying to identify the american jet. the two look to set new flight rules in this conflict. bill: president obama make an about-face on the war in afghanistan. announcing he will keep thousands of troops in afghanistan beyond 2016. congressm...

Tonight. first, cnn has learned that smugglers got their hands on nuclear materials. enough to apparently build birth dirty bombs. and two f-16s diverted their missions when a russian fighter jet came too close as russia rapidly escalates rebel groups fighting the assad regime. were covering these important stories from every angle. pamela brown has the latest on the frightening nuke sales and begin with barbara starr live from the pentagon. how close did those u.s. pilots get to the russian jet...

Against civilians. >> right now the museum is refusing to release the video to the media. >> faa telling u.s. airlines not to fly in the flight information region around the crimean capital to prevent hazard to people and aircraft. when they took over the airport they established new flight rules for the region which the faa says violates international law. >> your honor it is out the metal objects that just washed up on australias western coast is not from the missing malaysian airplane. detail...

Im flying vfr. anybody who flies visual flight rules, if you want to use a transponder you squawk 1200. . a squawk code will be there. you will be told by the controller go to 0466. thats for radar identification and location. okay? who the plane is, where the plane is as far as altitude is concerned. above 18,000 feet -- and thats where this commercial flight was flying -- you have to have two of these. its regulation. youre going to tell me both of they will malfunctioned? both of them happene...