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Close call, turbulent flight add to aviation safety concerns

Federal officials are investigating a string of close calls between planes, including one this week at Boston’s Logan Airport

The Independent UK

Seven injured as severe turbulence forces Lufthansa flight to make emergency landing in Virginia

Passenger says member of flight crew ‘hit the ceiling and dropped down and was completely horizontal’

The Independent UK

Biden’s FAA nominee faces military waiver challenge - Roll Call

Republicans in the House and Senate say they will oppose a waiver to allow the confirmation of President Biden’s FAA nominee to move forward.

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Biden's pick to lead FAA faces stormy confirmation hearing

President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Federal Aviation Administration is finally getting a chance to make the case for his stalled nomination

The Independent UK

JetBlue pilot’s ‘evasive action’ averts crash at Boston’s Logan airport

A Learjet on Monday was directed to wait for passenger plane to land but began to take off, forcing JetBlue craft to ‘climb out’

The Guardian - US

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Pa. warrant reveals what police seized from Kohberger family home

Tribune News Service

JetBlue flight at Boston Logan had a ‘close call’ with a Learjet a day after ‘aborted landing’

A JetBlue flight had a “close call” with a Learjet at Boston Logan International Airport Monday night, a day after a different JetBlue flight reported an “aborted landing” due to an unstable approach at Logan.

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Near-collision between LearJet and JetBlue planes at Boston Logan airport

The FAA is investigating the incident

The Independent UK

FAA Must Move Faster to Remove Leaded Fuels From the Skies, Critics Say

Officials, health experts and community groups say the FAA can do more to phase out dangerous aviation gasoline.

Capital & Main

DC-bound flight diverted after woman’s restroom trip is mistaken for cockpit attack

Raleigh-Durham International Airport police dropped charges against thirty-six-year-old Tiffany Miles

The Independent UK

Federal authorities are investigating another near runway collision between planes

A Mesa Airlines jet was landing on the same runway a SkyWest plane was using to take off. It's the fourth such runway incursion over the last several weeks.

WEKU

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Republicans argue Biden student debt program is ‘major question’

Tribune News Service

Aborted landing at Burbank airport was latest close call for US flights. Why experts say not to worry

LOS ANGELES — A flight arriving at Hollywood Burbank Airport this week was forced to abort its landing about 1,000 feet above the runway after an air traffic controller cleared another flight for takeoff at the same time, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Los Angeles Times

Victims' Families File Petition in the Fifth Circuit Seeking to Enforce Rights in the Boeing Case

The families argue that they should have been given an opportunity to confer with prosecutors under the Crime Victims' Rights Act before Boeing's deferred prosecution agreement was finalized.

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Boeing halts deliveries of 787 again on fuselage issue

New York (AFP) - Boeing has suspended deliveries of the 787 Dreamliner again following new issues with a fuselage component, US aviation regulators said Thursday.

The Independent UK

5 die in small airplane crash near Little Rock factory

Five people have died from a small airplane crashing near a Little Rock factory shortly after taking off

Orlando Sentinel

SpaceX just waiting on FAA for OK to go on Starship orbital test flight, official says

ORLANDO, Fla. — After running through a successful test fire this month, SpaceX is set to fly its massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket, and is just waiting on the Federal Aviation Administration for the green light, according to one company official.

Reason

Judge O'Connor Rules that the Boeing 737 MAX Crashes Victims' Families Cannot Enforce Their Right to Confer with Prosecutors

While expressing great sympathy for the victims' families, Judge O'Connor concludes that no remedy is available for the Justice Department's failure to enforce the families' right to confer under the Crime Victims' Rights Act.

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Tribune News Service

After Alaska Airlines planes bump runway, a scramble to 'pull the plug'

On the morning of Jan. 26, as two Alaska Airlines flights from Seattle to Hawaii lifted off six minutes apart, the pilots each felt a slight bump and the flight attendants at the back of the cabin heard a scraping noise.

AFP

Near misses raise fresh questions for US air regulator

New York (AFP) - US air safety regulators are facing fresh questions following recent near crashes at American airports, further challenging an aviation industry ramp-up in response to rising travel demand.

The Independent UK

Decision to shoot down balloons puts spotlight on hobbyists

Decisions to shoot down multiple unidentified objects in American and Canadian airspace has put a spotlight on amateur balloonists who say their creations pose no threat

Chicago Sun-Times

Boeing’s misconduct hasn’t stopped Illinois politicians from taking campaign cash from the company

Based in Chicago until last year, the aerospace giant has given $50,000 to legislative leaders and other politicians since it admitted in 2021 it deceived regulators about a new aircraft that crashed twice overseas.

Al Jazeera

Balloons, ‘objects’ – what’s in the sky above the US?

US airspace is increasingly crowded, not all regulated, and with so much up there, it’s not easy to track it all.

Tribune News Service

Seattle airport's legacy of PFAS chemicals: 'Foam showers,' sick firefighters and contaminated water

SEATAC, Wash. — In the 1980s, rookie firefighters at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a hazing ritual known as the "foam shower."

AFP

US aviation official pressed over January grounding

New York (AFP) - US aviation officials have taken steps to avert a repeat of January's emergency grounding, but a top regulator said Wednesday that a meaningful system upgrade won't be ready before 2025.

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