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Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan talks about the holiday meltdown and what comes next

Southwest Airlines faced another potential crisis just two weeks after its holiday meltdown as the FAA shut down all flights in the U.S. for nearly two hours last Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Kennedy Airport jetliner aborts takeoff to avoid another jet crossing runway, FAA says; agency investigating

NEW YORK — An airliner departing Kennedy Airport aborted its takeoff when another jet crossed the runway in front of it, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday.

Tribune News Service

FAA investigates close call between two planes at NY airport

Officials are investigating a close call at a New York airport Friday night between a plane that was crossing a runway as another was preparing for takeoff

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The FAA is investigating a near-miss between two passenger planes at JFK airport

A Delta Air Lines flight and an American Airlines flight averted a collision at the New York City airport Friday night.

WEKU

Panicked audio captures moment two planes almost collide at JFK Airport, prompting FAA probe

Air traffic controllers ‘noticed another aircraft crossing the runway in front of the departing jetliner,’ FAA says

The Independent UK

Buttigieg finds himself in the spotlight for better or worse

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has been in the national spotlight a lot lately, and not always for positive reasons

The Independent UK

Buttigieg’s post-Biden ambitions dented by travel meltdown

WASHINGTON — A series of transportation calamities is tarnishing Pete Buttigieg’s political prospects, threatening to hamper his ability to use his high-profile Cabinet position as a springboard for a widely-expected second White House bid once President Joe Biden leaves office.

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Aviation leaders call for more funds for the FAA after this week's system failure

This week's NOTAM system failure, which caused thousands of flight delays and cancelations, has airline industry leaders calling for more stable funding to upgrade antiquated FAA systems.

WEKU

Britain says failed satellite launch to be probed by UK Space, U.S. FAA

Britain said on Friday Virgin Orbit's failed satellite launch this week would be jointly investigated by the UK Space Accident Investigation Authority (SAIA) and the United States Federal Aviation Administration.

Reuters

FAA computer failure caused by people who damaged data file

WASHINGTON — The computer failure that prompted a halt of all U.S. flight departures was caused when a data file was damaged as a result of a failure to follow government procedures, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.

Tribune News Service

FAA releases audio from deadly Wings Over Dallas Air Show crash between air boss, pilots

DALLAS — Newly released audio from the Wings Over Dallas air show gives insight into the moments before and after the collision that killed six airmen and destroyed two WWII-era aircraft in November.

Tribune News Service

Minimal airline delays, cancellations a day after US outage

Delays and cancellations among flights across the United States were minimal on Thursday, a day after a system that offers safety information to pilots failed, grounding some planes for hours

The Independent UK

During in-flight emergencies, sometimes airlines’ medical kits fall short

In March, a Frontier Airlines flight was headed from Phoenix to Las Vegas when a female passenger stopped breathing. The flight attendant yelled in the cabin for help.

Tribune News Service

Why air travel has been a huge mess lately

There's plenty of blame to go around for the recent spate of delays and cancellations.

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Fortune

FAA's ground stop proves business needs a functioning government to thrive

Gridlock and partisan stalemate are not good for business or the economy.

WEKU

Here's the latest on the NOTAM outage that caused flight delays and cancellations

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that early work traced the blackout to a "damaged database file."

Reuters

FAA links computer outage to procedural error as U.S. flights return to normal

A computer outage that grounded flights nationally on Wednesday and disrupted more than 11,000 flights was caused by a procedural error related to a data file, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday as U.S. airline operations returned to normal.

The Independent UK

Flights grounded – latest: Corrupted file blamed for 10,000 US plane delays

Flights beginning to resume following widespread disruption

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The Independent UK

Corrupted file blamed for taking down US flight system and causing 10,000 plane delays or cancellations

More than 10,000 flights delayed in first national grounding of flights in about two decades

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Thousands of flights cancelled as computer breakdown causes air travel chaos

US government launches investigation into outrage which saw 1,300 flights scrapped and 9,000 suffer delays

AFP

US aviation regulator probing system outage after huge disruption

New York (AFP) - Aviation authorities were racing Wednesday to figure out what caused the outage of a crucial alert system that forced the temporary halt on all US domestic takeoffs, triggering thousands of delays and cancellations.

The Denver Post

Air travel system failure boosts case for Phil Washington as head of FAA, Sen. Hickenlooper says

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., seized on the breakdown of a key FAA system Wednesday to make the case that the Senate should confirm the stalled nomination of Denver International Airport CEO Phil Washington to head the federal agency.

Axios

Historic transportation crises haunt Buttigieg

A modest Cabinet role has become a political albatross for one of the Democratic Party's brightest young stars.

Tribune News Service

Departures 'gradually' returning to normal after FAA lifts ground stop

Airlines resumed flights after a system outage led U.S. authorities to temporarily ground planes nationwide early Wednesday, a dramatic disruption to the air-traffic system expected to cause ongoing delays and cancellations.

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