FAA says green laser pointed at three commercial planes over NJ
No one was injured — the incidents involved planes bound for LaGuardia and JFK Airports in New York, officials said.
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FAA warns airline passengers not to use Samsung smartphone
U.S. aviation safety officials took the extraordinary step late Thursday of warning airline passengers not to turn on or charge a new-model Samsung smartphone during flights following numerous reports of the devices catching fire.
FAA to revise flight chart for untested path into Teterboro
The Federal Aviation Administration is revising a flight chart for a new landing procedure at a New Jersey airport after no pilot tried the approach during part of the six-month testing period.
FAA writing rules for commercial drone flights over people
Federal officials say they will work quickly to draft new regulations that would permit small, commercial drones to fly over people, including crowds.
Watchdog: Too few air traffic controllers where needed most
There are too few fully qualified controllers at more than a dozen of the nation's busiest air traffic facilities stretching from Atlanta to Anchorage, according to report released Tuesday by a government watchdog.
Controllers reveal risk that could cause plane collisions
Five air traffic controllers have exposed a problem that is putting planes at risk of colliding or causing accidents due to wake turbulence, a federal whistleblower protection office said Tuesday.
Software update may be responsible for malfunction, says FAA
A technical problem at an air traffic control center in Virginia that caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or canceled along a large swath of the East Coast was possibly caused by a software upgrade, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday.
FAA – Pilot reports of drone sightings more than double
Pilot reports of drone sightings so far this year are more than double last year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, raising concern about the potential for a deadly collision.
Aviation agency unveils messaging system to reduce delays
A system that replaces verbal communication between pilots and air traffic controllers with computerized messages was unveiled Thursday by federal aviation officials, who said the system will reduce delays during weather events and cut down on errors that occur during routine voice transmissions.
Drones for moviemaking win FAA approval
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government granted six movie and television production companies permission to use drones for filming, an important step toward greater use of the technology by commercial operators, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Thursday.