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A small plane crashed at an airport in Union County, New Jersey, on Saturday.
Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky has asked the Federal Aviation Administration to ban MD-11s from flying again following the November crash of a UPS jet in Louisville last year. The post Kentucky
“Travelers are advised to monitor their flight status and contact their airline for updates,” the airport wrote in a social media post.
The agency received over 12,000 applications in less than two days, making the effort “wildly successful,” according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
The ban was extended until Sept. 3 and prohibits all U.S. airlines from operating within 10,000 feet of the Caribbean country.
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FAA Modernizes NOTAM System
‘Back-end changeover' aims for safer skies and clearer communication by presenting critical flight information in plain language.
The head of the FAA says there should be fewer flight delays and cancellations this summer, a result of the agency chipping away at a shortage of air traffic controllers and upgraded systems.
The annual air traffic control hiring window opens on Friday, April 17. Here's what the FAA is looking for.
Rohde & Schwarz USA, the American subsidiary of the German electronics manufacturer, said April 21 that it won a contract worth almost $5 billion to replace up to 462 antiquated voice switches—many of them decades old—with modern systems designed to allow controllers to more quickly and easily toggle between radio channels.
The FAA had issued the alert just before 2 p.m. Saturday, citing thunderstorms and the weather conditions at the time.