The agency will also establish a panel to "identify additional hazard areas involving helicopter and fixed-wing interactions," acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau said in written testimony ...

The FAA also said it is increasing operational supervisor staffing from six to eight and was reviewing air traffic control staffing figures at Reagan amid growing concerns about safety and stress ...

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is raising concerns over the increasing number of dangerous laser strikes on aircraft. Last year, pilots reported nearly 13,000 incidents ...

The FAA in May 2022 opted to renew Boeing's Organization Designation Authorization program -- known as ODA -- for three years, rather than the standard five years, to ensure the planemaker ...

Acting FAA administrator Chris Rocheleau on Thursday announced new safety measures for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) in the wake of January’s fatal midair collision between a ...

The NTSB issued two urgent safety recommendations with the report, which the FAA adopted rapidly. “(The FAA and Army) have been very cooperative with our investigation,” NTSB Chair Jennifer ...

If investigators were able to quickly find alarming data about the number of close calls in the years before the midair collision over the nation's capital that killed 67 people in January, then ...

The FAA’s artificial intelligence-led review aimed at identifying safety threats at other airports with similar helicopter-airplane congestion should be finished in a couple weeks, said Chris ...

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Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, center, stands next to map showing flight restrictions as the Senate Transportation Subcommittee holds a hearing to examine the ...

Rocheleau faced tough questioning from senators Thursday over the lack of action taken by the FAA that could have prevented the crash based on the data available to the agency. "Something was ...

Thanks to Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is finally getting the makeover it deserves with a sense of urgency that is unprecedented.