How Trump administration responded to FAA ground stop
President Trump was informed within 30 minutes after the Federal Aviation Administration imposed a nationwide ground stop Friday afternoon, according to U.S. officials.
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President Trump was informed within 30 minutes after the Federal Aviation Administration imposed a nationwide ground stop Friday afternoon, according to U.S. officials.
Significant flight delays and cancelations are affecting airspace on Saturday and causing lots of headaches for fliers.
Officials attributed the ground stop to aging system infrastructure and legacy technology.
The rare nationwide ground stop issued by the FAA on Friday afternoon has been canceled, the administration announced Friday night
There are multiple reports of college football teams that haven't made it to their Saturday game locations.
The rare nationwide ground stop lasted about five hours on Friday. An update to the network connecting the air traffic control system caused a reboot, crash and outage, sources told CBS News.
Some passengers could get home by air. Others would have to rebook, spend another night in a hotel or commit to hours behind the wheel.
The business jet crashed onto a busy road, killing all nine people on board the aircraft as it burst into a massive fireball and left a huge crater.
Five people were killed and five others were injured when a plane overshot a runway at Miami International Airport and crashed.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is touting the success of a campaign targeting video gamers to train as air traffic controllers.
A 40-year-old Mexican national is charged with one count of operating as an airman without an airman's certificate.
Data from FlightRadar24 showed the plane was no more than 25 feet above the ground during the low pass as it approached the Horseshoe Bay Resort Jet Center airport.
Sergeant Joshua Boykin was one of three off-duty Dallas police officers on a small plane that crashed in Forney earlier this month.
The department confirmed the details hours after the incident.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have been notified and will investigate the cause of the crash.
An American Airlines pilot told Air Traffic Control at Charlotte International Airport that his plane "nearly hit" a truck speeding past on the concourse Wednesday, forcing him to slam the brakes.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pointed out that gamers "have many of the hard skills it takes to be a successful controller."
The Federal Aviation Administration changed course and said flights would resume after halting all air traffic into and out of El Paso.
The U.S. military operation capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel.
Two men died after the helicopters they were piloting collided midair in Hammonton, New Jersey on Sunday, Dec. 28.
American Airlines said five people were hospitalized "out of an abundance of caution" after their flight crew reported "an odor" on board.
Only 776 air traffic controllers and techs with perfect attendance during the government shutdown will get $10,000 bonuses while nearly 20,000 others will be left out, the FAA says.
The Federal Aviation Administration says it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed during the government shutdown.
Similar closures are in effect at some of the country's other busiest airports, including Atlanta, Chicago O'Hare and Los Angeles.
