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December 21, 2018

Report says 16.7M faulty Takata air bags still on US roads

More than three years after the government took over management of recalls involving dangerous Takata air bag inflators, one ...

December 21, 2018

APNewsBreak: US miscalculated benefit of better train brakes

President Donald Trump's administration miscalculated the potential benefits of putting better brakes on trains that haul ...

December 20, 2018

UK airport chaos highlights difficulty in stopping drones

When drones buzzing over the runway forced London's busy Gatwick Airport to shut down, many travelers wondered why it's so ...

December 13, 2018

Washington state builds bridge to keep wildlife off highway

Before descending the Cascade Mountains on its final stretch to Seattle, Interstate 90 cuts through a mountain pass of old ...

December 05, 2018

2 dead, 3 hurt in Mississippi train-van crash

A freight train smashed into a van at a railroad crossing in northwest Mississippi on Tuesday, leaving two people dead and ...

December 01, 2018

The Latest: Thousands without power after major Alaska quake

The Latest on the earthquake in Alaska (all times local): 5:25 p.m. A city official says thousands of residents remain ...

November 23, 2018

GM under investigation for faulty brake vacuum pumps

The U.S. government is investigating more than 100 complaints of poor brake performance on 2.7 million General Motors big ...

November 15, 2018

Hearing reveals chilling details of fatal Southwest flight

There was a loud bang, and suddenly the Southwest Airlines jet rolled sharply to the left. Smoke began to fill the cabin, and ...

November 14, 2018

Pilots says Boeing didn't disclose jet's new control feature

Boeing didn't tell airline pilots about features of a new flight-control system in its 737 MAX that reportedly is a focus of ...

November 13, 2018

Officials: Vegas air controller who went silent has resigned

An air traffic controller who became incapacitated during a solo stint on a night shift in the tower at busy McCarran ...

November 11, 2018

Schumer: FAA too slow tackling airline seat size concerns

The Senate's top Democrat says the Federal Aviation Administration isn't moving fast enough to roll out a plan to stop ...

November 10, 2018

Officials probe why Las Vegas airport controller went silent

Federal and airport authorities said Friday they are investigating why an air traffic controller became incapacitated and ...

November 08, 2018

US emergency directive after Boeing jet crash in Indonesia

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive on how to handle erroneous data from a ...

October 18, 2018

New York governor tours aging rail tunnel in funding push

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hopes video images of the decaying, century-old rail tunnel under the Hudson River will help resolve a ...

October 03, 2018

Senate passes aviation bill with $1.7B in disaster aid

The Senate has passed legislation that would provide $1.7 billion to help residents of the Carolinas and elsewhere recover ...

October 03, 2018

Penn State halts helicopter use after pilot flew over crowd

Penn State said Tuesday that it has stopped using helicopters to make announcements outside the football stadium after a ...

September 27, 2018

Included in House FAA bill: Minimum size for airline seats

The House voted Wednesday to direct the federal government to set a minimum size for airline seats, bar passengers from being ...

September 27, 2018

US House approves $1.7 billion in disaster aid for Carolinas

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would provide $1.7 billion to help residents of the Carolinas ...

September 26, 2018

NTSB faults Air Canada pilots for last year's near disaster

Federal safety officials blame two Air Canada pilots for coming within 10 to 20 feet of crashing their jetliner into a plane ...