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Regulators to require inspections after jet engine explosion

U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one that snapped off and ...

The Latest: Southwest pilots: 'Our hearts are heavy'

The Latest on the plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 10:50 p.m. The two pilots of a ...

Jet with engine, window damage makes emergency landing

A Southwest Airlines jet with a damaged engine and broken window made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday, ...

Allegiant Air under fire after '60 Minutes' safety report

Allegiant Air is fighting to reassure travelers and protect its reputation after renewed questions about safety at the ...

Tesla, Feds clash over release of fatal crash information

Federal investigators say they have booted electric car maker Tesla Inc. from a group that's investigating a fatal crash in ...

APNewsBreak: Key design change stymied bridge cost, schedule

Construction of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed six people in the Miami area was behind schedule and millions ...

Keisha Turner

The Latest: Tampa airport: dozens of delays from storms

The Latest on storms and damage across the Southeast (all times local): 3:45 p.m. The Federal Aviation Administration placed ...

Crash marks 1st death involving fully autonomous vehicle

A fatal pedestrian crash involving a self-driving Uber SUV in a Phoenix suburb could have far-reaching consequences for the ...

Self-driving vehicle strikes and kills pedestrian in Arizona

A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous ...

NTSB urges ban on copter flights with unsafe harness systems

A deadly helicopter crash into a river prompted the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday to call on federal ...

US probes 4 deaths in Hyundai-Kia cars when air bags failed

Air bags in some Hyundai and Kia cars failed to inflate in crashes and four people are dead. Now the U.S. government's road ...

Chopper flights with open doors, tight restraints grounded

Federal regulators, spurred by a deadly helicopter crash into a river, ordered a temporary nationwide ban on open-door ...

Feds probing helicopter crash examine passenger restraints

Investigators recovered a flight data recorder and a GoPro camera Tuesday as they tried to determine the cause of a deadly ...

AP source: Bag may have hit fuel switch before chopper crash

A pilot who survived a helicopter crash that killed his five passengers told authorities he believed a passenger's bag might ...

5 killed in helicopter crash into New York City's East River

All five passengers aboard a helicopter that crashed into New York City's East River were confirmed dead early Monday morning ...

Lawmakers: Penalize railroads that don't hit safety deadline

The mother of a woman killed when a speeding Amtrak train hurtled from the tracks in May 2015 told a Senate committee on ...

February 14, 2018

Phoenix legal defeat prompts FAA to address noise concerns

Nearly 100 people strolled through the high school cafeteria throughout the evening, studying colored graphs of flight ...

February 14, 2018

System to minimize fire not standard in Grand Canyon copter

The sightseeing helicopter that crashed at the Grand Canyon, killing three British tourists, was not required to have a ...

February 12, 2018

3 dead, 4 rescued after Grand Canyon helicopter crash

Four survivors of a deadly tour helicopter crash onto the jagged rocks of the Grand Canyon were being treated at a Nevada ...

February 07, 2018

For 3rd time, General Motors seeks to avoid Takata recalls

For the third time in the past three years, General Motors has asked the U.S. government for permission to avoid recalls of ...