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Worries over military chopper routes, FAA staffing levels emerge as factors in midair crash inquiry

Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...

The FAA needs to lead on better safety: Senator on hearings over DCA collision

Ranking member of the Senate committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., joins Morning ...
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FAA staffing issues brought up during inquiry, testimony

Long-standing concerns about military helicopters flying in crowded airspace and worries over short staffing among federal ...

FAA failed to act before helicopter crash, US transport chief says

The Federal Aviation Administration failed to act despite dozens of near-miss incidents before a fatal January crash between ...

Feds launch audit into FAA over gutted Long Island air traffic control facility as safety concerns rise over Newark airspace

Staff are burnt out — and very concerned about safety and feel very strongly that those moved to Philadelphia should come ...

Plane Crash Hearing Witness Called Out for Allegedly 'Elbowing FAA Employee Mid-Sentence': ‘Not Gonna Put Up with That’

As the investigative hearing into the deadly mid-air crash between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet ...

FAA watchdog opens audit on Westbury air traffic controller transfers

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy requested the audit to see if the move had a role in communications and radar outages at ...

FAA faces scrutiny in NTSB hearings on deadly midair collision

The NTSB hearing is patining a picture of a control tower that was understaffed and ill-equipped to handle the traffic if ...

'Infuriated by this' Families attend crash hearing as NTSB focuses on FAA

At a hearing about the January midair collision involving a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter, the NTSB hearing is painting a picture of a control tower that was understaffed and ill-equipped ...