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The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it is shrinking the area around Reagan Washington National Airport where helicopters are allowed to operate. In March, the FAA imposed permanent restrictions on non-essential helicopter operations around Reagan to eliminate helicopter and passenger jet mixed traffic,
As of 2:30 p.m. Thursday, 414 flights headed in and out of DIA had been delayed and 13 had been canceled, according to flight tracking data from FlightAware.
Bryan Bedford's hearing Wednesday ran three hours and often circled back to whether he will scale back the 1,500-hour rule adopted after a 2009 crash that killed 49 people.
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it closed an agency-required investigation into a SpaceX Starship Flight 8 mishap, citing the probable cause as a hardware failure in one of the engines.
A ground stop put in place after the incident has been lifted, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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A runway is closed at Logan International Airport after a JetBlue plane rolled onto grass as it landed Thursday.
Trump's pick to lead the FAA vows to uphold safety standards despite lobbying against tougher pilot training rules.
The doomed Air India aircraft was a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. At least 297 people have been killed in the tragedy, including 241 people onboard.