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…
FAA investigates reported fight at DCA FAA investigates reported fight in control tower at Reagan National Airport 01:14 The FAA confirms it is investigating reports of a fight between employees inside the air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport, or DCA, last week. Police say they were called to the DCA tower outside Washington,…
A United Airlines flight from Houston appeared to have struck a kite while landing at Washington Reagan National Airport on Saturday. The pilots reported the kite flying over Gravelly Point, a park just off the runway along the banks of the Potomac River on the Virginia side, according to Air Traffic Control audio. Flying kites…
A Delta Air Lines flight departing Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., experienced a close call with an Air Force jet just after takeoff Friday afternoon, authorities confirmed. Both flights ultimately continued to their destinations without incident. The situation occurred just after Delta Flight 2983, an Airbus A319, had taken off from Reagan International…
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…
New details emerge in deadly D.C. plane crash New details emerge in deadly D.C. plane crash 02:34 The National Transportation Safety Board is expected to give an update on the midair collision over Washington, D.C. that killed dozens of people in January. The collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines plane left 67…
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…
Preliminary data about the aircraft collision over Washington DC show readings about the altitudes of the passenger plane and army helicopter, investigators say. There were no survivors from the collision, which happened when an American Airlines flight carrying 64 passengers hit an army Black Hawk helicopter that apparently flew into the jet’s path. Data from…
A helicopter was forced to take evasive action to avoid colliding with a plane that was landing at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., during a July 2018 incident that mirrored the deadly midair collision that occurred Wednesday night. The incident, first reported by CBS News, occurred when a trio of helicopters were traveling along…
Less than 10% of the nation’s airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a working group that included the Federal Aviation Administration and the controllers’ union, according to a CBS News analysis of FAA data. The issue has received renewed scrutiny following Wednesday night’s midair collision…