Federal Aviation Administration

The head of the FAA said Thursday that the agency should have been more aware of manufacturing problems inside Boeing before a panel blew off a plane during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.

The planes, one from Southwest and one from JetBlue, nearly ended up crossing the same runway while that JetBlue flight was taking off.

The FAA announced late last year a proposal to require the 25-hour standard but only on new planes. Airlines typically keep planes for many years, so much of the existing fleet would not be covered.

The new chief of the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that his agency is midway through a review of manufacturing at Boeing, but he already knows that changes must be made in how the government oversees the aircraft manufacturer. FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker suggested that Boeing — under pressure from airlines to produce large numbers of planes — is not...

The FAA, which regulates airline safety and manages the nation’s airspace, has been run by back-to-back acting administrators since March 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration said the airline had requested the ground stop at all airports.

A nationwide ground stop was issued for United Airlines flights Tuesday, just as the long Labor Day weekend travel was coming to an end.

If you’re squeezing in one last summer trip over the Labor Day weekend, expect lots of company.

The FAA communication outage on Sunday continued to disrupt flights out of Dulles International Airport on Tuesday. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

President Joe Biden has picked a longtime government official and current top aide in the Transportation Department to serve as acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights arriving to LaGuardia and Newark airports on Wednesday due to low visibility concerns.

The Federal Aviation Administration is considering updates to emergency kits that would require airlines to carry on board EpiPens, pediatric doses of antihistamines and medicine to reverse opioid overdoses.

It’s not clear who owns the balloon, which has now passed out of Hawaii’s airspace, a defense official said.

The first Max crash occurred in October 2018 in Indonesia and was followed by the second in March 2019 in Ethiopia. In all, 346 people died.

SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy test flight on April 20 blew up the company’s launchpad, hurling chunks of concrete and metal sheets thousands of feet away into sensitive habitat and sparking a 3.5-acre fire on state park lands near the launch site.

Laser strikes on planes and helicopters hit a record in the U.S. in 2021.

President Joe Biden’s choice to run the Federal Aviation Administration has withdrawn his nomination.

Marijuana is legal for recreational use in many states, but possession is still illegal under federal law.