Newark Airport: Singapore Airlines, Spirit Airlines planes clip wings

Singapore Airlines and Spirit Airlines planes clip wings at Newark Airport. No injuries reported. FAA to investigate.

House rejects bill requiring aircraft locator systems to prevent midair collisions like last year's

The National Transportation Safety Board has been recommending such Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast systems to be ...

ROTOR Act, requiring aircraft locator systems that NTSB recommends to prevent midair collisions fails in House

The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington D.C. to ...

Air safety advocates say a GOP proposal won't mandate the collision warning system airline jets need

A midair crash prompted a bill that would have mandated new anti-collision alerts. Safety advocates say a revised GOP bill ...

House rejects quick passage of bill that some say would have prevented deadly DC midair collision

The House of Representatives rejected a measure Tuesday afternoon that would have swiftly mandated collision avoidance ...

NTSB, families of midair collision victims pressure Congress over bill that 'falls short'

Members of the National Transportation Safety Board sent a letter to four high-ranking Congressmen this week, expressing ...

Video shows Southwest plane narrowly avoiding collision with a private jet, triggering FAA investigation

The Southwest plane performed a "go-around" to avoid a collision, circling to land safely about 15 minutes later.
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Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Transportation Safety Board members were deeply troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and other problems, long before an American ...
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NTSB Issues Recommendations After Fatal D.C. Collision

Investigators push for adoption and use of ADS-B Out and In.
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DC plane crash caused by improper training, safety measures: NTSB report

More than a year after 67 people were killed in a mid-air collision outside DCA, the NTSB has released its final report into ...
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Investigator describes intense air traffic at time of deadly midair collision near DC

WASHINGTON (AP) — The air traffic controller who was managing numerous aircraft around Reagan National Airport felt a “little overwhelmed” just a few minutes before an American Airlines jet collided ...

Bill requiring aircraft locator systems that NTSB recommends to prevent midair collisions fails

The House failed to approve a bill Tuesday that was crafted after last year’s tragic midair collision near Washington D.C. to ...