FAA: Birds Innocent In JFK Plane Engine Failure
There is no evidence that a bird strike caused an engine failure aboard a jetliner carrying actor Leonardo DiCaprio and more than 200 other people as it took off from New York on Sunday, the FAA said.
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There is no evidence that a bird strike caused an engine failure aboard a jetliner carrying actor Leonardo DiCaprio and more than 200 other people as it took off from New York on Sunday, the FAA said.
A redesign of the region's airspace by the Federal Aviation Administration which aims to alleviate congestion and long delays at area airports could mean more planes flying over Central and North Jersey.
A new government report criticizes attempts to reduce area airport chaos, saying scheduling rules continue to put too many planes in line when weather is the worst.
A quiet Long Island town became the scene of a deadly plane crash on Sunday. Four people were aboard a single-engine prop plane when it crashed, and one of them – a passenger – was killed.
Authorities say a man tossed wet toilet paper from a small plane onto a New Jersey athletic field as a test-run for a streamer drop at an upcoming high school football game.
The $100-million facility will replace a 46-year-old tower. The FAA says it will provide air traffic controllers better visibility and technology that will help reduce flight delays.
CBS 2 has learned the plane that had to make a weekend emergency landing at JFK was included in an FAA directive relating to a "landing gear retraction problem."
Newark Airport will receive the biggest chunk of the money. It's getting more than $4 million to rehabilitate and widen taxiways to accommodate larger aircraft.
The safety panel said the air traffic controller who was engaged in a personal call was partly responsible for a collision last year between a helicopter and a small plane.
Did you hear the interview with the Wall Street Journal's Andy Pasztor?
A year ago, a tour helicopter crashed with a small plane over the Hudson River, sparking massive changes in the way the skies are governed. As CBS 2's Kathryn Brown reports, more changes are on the way.
