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Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arl... An investigator says the pilot declared an emergency but didn't state the nature of his problem before a Cessna nosedived into a Southern California parking lot, killing all five people on board. The National Transportation Safety Board's Albert Nixon said he didn't know Monday how much time elapsed between the distress call and the crash.
Authorities say five people on board a small plane were killed but nobody on the ground was hurt when the Cessna crashed in a Southern California parking lot. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac says the twin-engine plane declared an emergency Sunday before crashing about a mile from Orange County's John Wayne Airport.
Three airports in the San Francisco Bay Area will share $10.1 million in grant money from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Thursday. Oakland International Airport will receive $4.35 million to install airfield guidance signs and make taxiway, apron and service road repairs.
The Port of Seattle began the environmental review process of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan Near-Term Projects for Sea-Tac Airport on Monday, July 30, by asking for public comment on environmental "scoping." The deadline to comment is Friday, Sept.
Authorities have identified the 60-year-old pilot from suburban Sacramento who died in a small airplane crash near Lake Tahoe. The Placer County sheriff says Kenneth Whittall-Scherfee of Carmichael was killed in Tuesday morning's crash south of Truckee that also claimed the life of one passenger and critically injured another.
The Vicksburg mayor and alderman have accepted a Federal Aviation Administration certificate allowing the police department to conduct aircraft operations at or below an altitude of 400 feet . Police Chief Milton Moore tells the Vicksburg Post that the department expects to buy the drone before the budget year ends Sept.
The crash happened on the Bishop Ford near 103rd Street around 9:15 p.m. The crash happened due to "unknown circumstances," according to the Federal Aviation Administration. At approx 9:15 pm, a Eurocopter 135 air ambulance helicopter crashed near 103rd street and the I-57 expressway in Chicago due to unknown circumstances.
In the final hours of Scott Pruitt's tenure as administrator, the Environmental Protection Agency moved to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing of a diesel freight truck that produces as much as 55 times the air pollution as trucks that have modern emissions controls. The move by the EPA came after intense lobbying by a small set of manufacturers that sell glider trucks, which use old engines built before new technologies significantly reduced emissions of particulates and nitrogen oxide that are blamed for asthma, lung cancer and other ailments.
My column a fortnight ago, titled "Diversity and Inclusion Harm," focused on the dumbing down of science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula to achieve a more pleasing mixture of participants in terms of race and sex.
The Federal Aviation Administration says Jetblue Flight 1623 "experienced a radio equipment problem while taxing for departure" at about 8 p.m. Tuesday. It says the crew requested to return to the ramp.
In part because of the fatal Southwest flight in April, the Department of Transportation's inspector general is opening an audit of how the Federal Aviation Administration oversaw Southwest's systems for managing risks, it announced Wednesday.
Emergency responders examined the valves as a trainer pointed to cracks where chlorine could leak from the railcar. Their first task, should they be called to a leak, would be tightening these valves.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday the grants are among $677 million in airport infrastructure grants the Federal Aviation Administration is awarding nationally. Four of the Indiana airports are receiving funds to rehabilitate runways.
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Members of the New York State park police look near the scene of a plane crash in the ocean off Indian Wells Beach in Amagansett, N.Y., Saturday, June 2, 2018. Authorities say a small plane with four people on board has crashed off the coast of New York's Long Island.
Clarksville Regional Airport's primary runway is closed until further notice to complete an extensive $12.9 million reconstruction project. The project will rebuild and upgrade the primary runway and its markings, lighting and signage, as well as increase existing taxiway clearances.
The plane was a single-engine Luscombe 8A, according to Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration. Lunsford said initial reports are that two people on board suffered minor injuries.It is unclear at this point what led to the crash and it remains under investigation.
Jane Garvey is likely to have a busy few years overseeing CEO Oscar Munoz, with a number of big decisions on the horizon. United Continental Holdings Inc.'s board named former Federal Aviation Administration boss Jane Garvey to be chairman, as the carrier works to improve operations and close a profit gap with rivals.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro says the Hughes 369 helicopter crashed about 10 miles southwest of New Orleans on Sunday morning. The names of those aboard the helicopter have not been released.
Lingering concerns over the safety of low-cost carriers like Allegiant Airlines has prompted renewed interest in the north country regarding just how prepared local first-responders would be in the event of an emergency. Allegiant uses the Ogdensburg International Airport for weekly flights to and from destinations in Florida.