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FAA Steps Up Enforcement Against Unruly Airline Passengers
Federal safety officials said Wednesday they are stepping up enforcement against unruly airline passengers after confrontations on flights to and from Washington, D.C., around the time of the riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
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FAA Will Allow Drone Flying at Night and Over People
The Federal Aviation Administration announced new rules on Monday that will allow small drones to be flown over people and at night.
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Senate Investigators Fault FAA Over Boeing Jet, Safety
Congressional investigators say Boeing improperly influenced a test designed to see how quickly pilots could respond to malfunctions on the Boeing 737 Max
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FAA: Pilots Can Take Pfizer Vaccine
The Federal Aviation Administration said pilots can receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and must wait 48 hours before performing any aviation duties.
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Boeing Max Cleared for Takeoff, 2 Years After Deadly Crashes
After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is clearing Boeing’s 737 Max for flight
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FAA Finishes Recertification of 737 Max, Clears Way to Fly Planes Again
The Federal Aviation Administration has said the 737 Max will be allowed to fly again. The plane was grounded for 20 months following two crashes that resulted in more than 300 fatalities.
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FAA Chief Tests Changes to Boeing's Grounded 737 Max
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has piloted one of Boeing’s grounded 737 Max planes and says he likes what he saw.
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Panel's Report Blasts Boeing, FAA for 737 Max Crashes, Seeks Reforms
A House committee is questioning whether Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration will be willing to make big changes needed to fix problems that caused two deadly 737 Max jet crashes
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Big Airlines Fight With Smaller Ones Over Airport Rights
Federal officials want to let major airlines keep valuable takeoff and landing slots at some big U.S. airports even if they don’t use them all during the pandemic.
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FAA Employees Who Oversee Airplane Makers Report Pressure
Government employees responsible for making sure airplanes are safe say they face pressure from companies not to raise too many safety concerns
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FAA Spells Out Design Changes Needed in Grounded Boeing Jet
Federal safety officials are spelling out the design changes they believe are needed for the Boeing 737 Max.
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FAA Starts Boeing 737 Max Test Flights
A Boeing 737 Max took off from a Seattle airport on Monday, the start of three days of re-certification test flights that mark a step toward returning the aircraft to passenger service.
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Lawmakers Rip FAA for Not Disclosing Documents on Boeing Max
Key senators say the Federal Aviation Administration is stonewalling their attempt to get documents that might explain how the agency approved the Boeing 737 Max, which remains grounded more than a year after two deadly crashes
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Flights to NYC, Philadelphia Briefly Halted
The FAA temporarily halted all flights to New York-area airports Saturday afternoon due to “staffing issues” at the New York air route traffic control center. A trainee at the facility tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. “A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic controller trainee at New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., tested positive for...
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FAA Waives Rules That Led Airlines to Fly Empty Planes
Federal regulators are temporarily waiving a rule that has been causing airlines to fly nearly empty planes to avoid losing precious takeoff and landing rights at major airports
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FAA Allows US Civilian Flights to Resume Over Persian Gulf
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says American civilian flights can resume operations over much of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman region
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Draft Gov't Report Claims Southwest Failed to Prioritize Safety, WSJ Reports
Southwest Airlines said it was disappointed with a draft report of a government audit that claimed the Dallas-based carrier failed to prioritize safety by flying millions of passengers on planes with unresolved safety concerns, saying “our friends, our families board our aircraft and not a single one of us would put anything above their safety.”
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Boeing 737 Max Could Be Recertified Before Midyear, FAA Says
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has told airlines that it could lift a flight ban on the Boeing 737 Max before midyear, ahead of the manufacturer’s new timeline that it shared with its customers this week. The news sent Boeing’s shares higher. The planes have been grounded since March after two deadly crashes in a span of five months killed all...
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'Designed by Clowns': Boeing Docs Show Workers' Concerns Over 737 Max
Boeing employees knew about problems with flight simulators for the now-grounded 737 Max and apparently tried to hide them from federal regulators, according to documents released Thursday.
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FAA Predicted More Fatal Boeing 737 Crashes Before Second Crash, Docs Show
The Federal Aviation Administration predicted more fatal crashes of the Boeing 737 Max after a Lion Air flight went down in October 2018, an internal document released Wednesday showed, but the agency allowed the planes to keep flying until a second Max crashed earlier this year. The FAA and other air safety regulators around the world didn’t ground the planes until...