Officials reveal undisclosed air traffic control outages at Newark – CBS News Watch CBS News Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revealed during a congressional hearing that there were more previously undisclosed outages involving air traffic control systems at Newark airport. Kris Van Cleave has details. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news,…
CBS News Live 2 Live Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is unveiling his plan for a new air traffic control system Thursday. The announcement comes as the international airport in Newark, New Jersey, continues to deal with disruptions following an outage last week. Air traffic controllers directing flights into Newark Liberty International Airport lost communications and…
Newark Liberty International Airport is facing a ninth of delays and cancellations, as an air traffic controller shortage continues and rain adds to the issues. Some flights are seeing more than three-hour delays, and there was another ground stop. The airport reported at least 56 delays and nearly 100 cancellations Tuesday morning, after hundreds of…
Major delays and cancellations that have been plaguing travelers coming in and out of the Newark Liberty International Airport in the past week could continue well into the next week and beyond if multiple issues, including staffing shortages and equipment malfunctions, aren’t solved. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued several ground delays and ground stops…
Details on Southwest checked bag changes Details on changes to Southwest’s checked bags policy 03:33 Southwest Airlines, once famous for its open seating policy, is rolling out a new fare options for travelers before its assigned seating model takes effect next year. The new fare bundles, which include seating, checked bag and boarding options, will…
Tim Arel, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization, will retire early as part of the second round of buyouts at the Department of Transportation. Arel, who has been working at the agency for four decades, had planned to retire at the end of 2025 but will now depart in the coming…
NTSB calls for immediate changes at D.C. airport after deadly midair collision – CBS News Watch CBS News Federal regulators say there’s a “serious safety issue” in the airspace around Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. An investigation into the midair collision of a military helicopter and a regional jet in January found there have…
A viral TikTok video posted Thursday captured an unexpected and dramatic sight from an airplane window—what appears to be Elon Musk‘s exploded SpaceX Starship Flight 8. “Imagine being an hour and a half into your flight out of punta cana & having to turn around because elon’s rocket blew up & you were this close…
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System. “It’s been happening all morning. Let me know if you see anything. No one else has seen anything except for on…
One person died and another was injured when their helicopter crashed Thursday onto a frozen reservoir in southeast Idaho, authorities said. Multiple agencies responded to the Ririe Reservoir east of Idaho Falls in the late afternoon, the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. First responders traveled to the site using snowmobiles and found…