Safety recommendations unfulfilled 7 years after Flight 1549
By JOAN LOWY More than seven years after an airline captain saved 155 lives by ditching his crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie,…
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Trump campaign plane flying with expired registration
By JEFF HORWITZ and JOAN LOWY One of Donald Trump’s jets has been flying for months with an expired registration, Federal Aviation Administration records showed Tuesday. The Republican presidential candidate’s…
Report cites 241 close encounters between pilots, drones
By JOAN LOWY There have been at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that meet the government’s definition of a near midair collision, including 28…
Drone on: US proposes rules for the era of drones
By JOAN LOWY Drone on, the government says.Just not through the night sky. Or close to an airport. Or out of the operator’s sight. And probably not winging its way…
FAA, industry launch drone safety campaign
By JOAN LOWY Alarmed by increasing encounters between small drones and manned aircraft, drone industry officials said Monday they are teaming up with the government and model aircraft hobbyists to…
Poll: Americans skeptical of commercial drones
By JOAN LOWY and JENNIFER AGIESTA Americans are skeptical that the benefits of the heralded drone revolution will outweigh the risks to privacy and safety, although a majority approve of…
AIRLINES SCRAP ISRAEL FLIGHTS OVER MISSILE FEAR
By The Associated Press FILE – In this file photo taken July 22, 2011 a Delta Air Lines jet takes off at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich. Delta…
1 KILLED, 2 INJURED IN ASPEN, COLO., PLANE CRASH
Emergency crews work near a passenger plane that crashed upon landing at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colo., Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/The Aspen Times, Leigh Vogel) Colorado…