Family of 1 of the 67 Washington plane crash victims sues the FAA, Army and American Airlines

The family of one of the 67 people who were killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., ...

First federal lawsuit over January’s midair collision near DC is filed against American Airlines and the US government

The family of a man killed in January’s midair collision near Washington, DC, is suing American Airlines, regional jet operator PSA Airlines, and the federal government, according to a lawsuit filed ...
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Four Decades Ago, Heroic Pilots Saved A Plane Full Of Passengers After Running Out Of Gas At 41,000 Feet

The vast majority of the millions of commercial flights that are conducted each year complete without incident. Aviation’s ...
Aviation Week Network

Boeing Improves 777-9 Flight-Test Execution With New Pilot Display

After being used for the first time for certification testing on a 777-9 flight test in May, VERA is now installed on three ...
Grit Daily

Beyond the Clouds: How to Read the Sky for Safer Boating

When you look at your weather forecast app, you might take for granted the complexity that lies beneath the simple icon of a ...
FlightGlobal

Weak procedures contributed to Dash 8 crew’s forgetting to set altimeter before terrain alert

Norwegian investigators have determined that weak altimeter procedures resulted in a Wideroe De Havilland Dash 8-300 crew's ...
Condé Nast Traveler on MSN

Inside the Joyfully Geeky World of Plane Spotting

It’s 9 a.m. on Monday morning and I’m overlooking the runways at JFK Airport ’s Terminal 5 with a small group of plane ...
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Understand the Risks of Controlled Flight Into Terrain

You have to be very careful when multitasking in the airplane. Perhaps you are head down in the radio or working the tablet ...
CNET

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Sept. 25, #1559

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...
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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, Sept. 22

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

U.S. Fighter Jets Track Russian Warplanes Near Alaska as NATO Tensions Rise: What to Know

The planes' detection in international airspace off Alaska comes amid tensions over Russian incursions in NATO airspace.