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January 14, 2024

FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities

Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Digital has learned the Federal Aviation Administration is pushing a hiring initiative that emphasizes employing people with "missing extremities" and other disabilities.

January 14, 2024

Reddit user refuses to switch exit-row seat with pregnant woman: 'You did exactly the right thing'

A Reddit user who recently flew from Asia to the United States was defended by others for not giving up a free seat upgrade to a pregnant woman many rows behind.

January 11, 2024

Firearms intercepted at airport security checkpoints nationwide surged to record total in 2023: TSA

The Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday announced that the nationwide total of firearms stopped at airport checkpoints hit a record high.

January 10, 2024

Air Arabia resumes flights to Afghanistan following 2-year hiatus due to Taliban

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has resumed Air Arabia flights to Kabul's international airport, marking the return of air service after a two-year hiatus.

January 5, 2024

TSA director arrested by US Customs and Border Protection

A high-ranking officer of the Transportation Security Administration was arrested last month in an Atlanta airport on an outstanding warrant from Port St. Lucie, Florida.

January 4, 2024

Nevada airport addresses security concerns after man steals plane, flies to California

A Nevada airport is offering advice to pilots and tenants who are already taking measures after several aircraft were broken into and one was stolen over the weekend.

January 2, 2024

Man found dead at Salt Lake City International Airport after climbing into plane engine

Police in Salt Lake City are investigating the death of a 30-year-old man who climbed inside the engine of a plane on the airport's deicing pad.

January 2, 2024

Passengers of Japanese plane speak out after fiery collision leaves 5 dead: 'It was hell'

Survivors of a Japan Airlines aircraft collision described the fear and panic that passengers experienced as smoke filled the cabin after the aircraft hit a coast guard plane.

January 2, 2024

Japan Airlines plane bursts into flames after collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport, leaving 5 dead

A collision between two planes on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport in Japan resulted in a Japan Airlines passenger plane bursting into flames.

January 1, 2024

Pro-Palestinian caravan snarls New York traffic around JFK, LaGuardia Airport

A caravan of pro-Palestinian protesters held up traffic around JFK and LaGuardia airports on New Year's Day, creating a headache on one of the busiest travel days.