Air Canada flight attendants went on strike Saturday after failing to reach a contract agreement regarding an increase in wages. Flights across the Great White North were canceled as 10,000 attendants represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) chose not to work, halting some operations for the country’s largest airline. Attendants started walking off […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday said he is not looking to privatize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or its air traffic controllers, an idea floated by President Trump during his first term. “I could spend my time the next three and a half years fighting over privatization. I’m not going to do that,” Duffy […]
United Airlines blamed a “technology disruption” for widespread flight delays Wednesday. “We are working with customers to get them to their destinations after a technology disruption on Wednesday evening,” United said in a statement to The Hill. “The underlying technology issue has been resolved, and, while we expect residual delays, our team is working to […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) questioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over recent airplane evacuations in a Tuesday letter. In her letter, Duckworth referenced three recent evacuation incidents, all previously noted by the FAA, and stated, “fortunately, for all three incidents, professional and highly trained flight crews were able to guide all passengers to safety with […]
The Titan submersible implosion that killed five people during an underwater voyage to the wreckage of the Titanic two years ago was a preventable incident, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, which concluded owner OceanGate failed to follow engineering protocols for testing, maintenance and safety. The U.S. Coast Guard’s two-year investigation, published Tuesday, found that […]
A United Airlines pilot declared mayday late last month, suspecting possible engine failure after takeoff from Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. “Engine failure, left engine, United 108 declaring an emergency. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!” the pilot said to air traffic control, according to an audio recording reported by numerous media outlets. The flight, which was […]
New details are emerging about the deadly collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter in January near Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people. Three days of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings, along with thousands of pages of documents, suggest that the Black Hawk helicopter may have been relying on […]
A Delta Air Lines flight encountered “significant turbulence” Wednesday that forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing and sent 25 people to the hospital, the airline said in a statement. The flight, DL56, departed Salt Lake City and was headed for Amsterdam when it was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for the emergency […]
Investigators probing the January midair collision of a passenger plane and an Army helicopter over Washington that killed 67 people found the chopper was flying higher than it should have been and its altitude readings were inaccurate. The details came out of the first day of National Transportation Safety Board hearings in Washington, where investigators […]
NOTE: The above video is of the NTSB investigative hearing on the Jan. 29 mid-air collision. WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will begin a three-day investigative hearing on the Jan. 29 mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people. (To watch the […]