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Chilling details emerge from the LaGuardia plane crash as one passenger reveals the pilot’s final seconds saved almost everyone

More chilling details have emerged from the deadly LaGuardia runway collision, with one passenger crediting the pilot’s rapid actions in the final moments for saving dozens of lives. Rebecca Liquori, who was on board the ill-fated Air Canada Express flight, firmly believes she “wouldn’t be here had it not been…

The Mary Sue

Airline Workers Rally To Support Air Traffic Controllers Amid Shutdown: 'We Just Need Government To Rally Around Us, Too'

In the wake of the ongoing government shutdown, a wave of solidarity is being observed within the airline industry.

Benzinga

Did global media rush to blame pilots in Air India crash?

Conspiracy theories are swirling around the preliminary report into the Air India crash, after some of its findings were published by The Wall Street Journal hours before the report’s official release by the Indian government.

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An 'aerial version of Moore's Law' has dramatically improved safety, but an aviation expert notes this disturbing trend

From 2018 to 2022, the risk of a fatality from commercial air travel was 1 per 13.7 million passenger boardings versus 1 per 7.9 million from 2008 to 2017.

Fortune

Plane crashes in Northeast Philadelphia

The Learjet was carrying six people and crashed shortly after takeoff

Salon

Aviation expert "embarrassed" by Trump

It may take weeks to figure out what went wrong, experts tell Salon. But politics plays no role in investigation

Salon

Reagan airport, the notoriously congested destination of the crashed American Airlines flight, experienced at least 8 near-miss accidents last year alone

“If changes aren't made, that near-miss becomes a mid-air collision,” one aviation safety expert said. “Unfortunately, that's what we had last night.”

Fortune

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Runway design may have cost lives in South Korean air disaster, experts say

Jeju Air Flight 2216 exploded into flames after slamming into a concrete structure at the end of the runway.

Al Jazeera

Why flying is still safe despite high-profile problems

United Airlines recently had multiple flight emergencies in the span of a few days. Meanwhile, federal investigators are probing Boeing for the door plug blowout. But flying is still low-risk.

WEKU

Explainer: Missing door 'plug' may hold vital clues to how a gaping hole blew open on a jetliner

Few people thought much about “plugs” that seal unused exits on planes until one of them failed and blew a hole in an Alaska Airlines jet

The Independent UK

What to know about the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet that suffered a blowout

An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner has prompted U.S. federal authorities to ground some Boeing 737 Max aircraft, adding another episode to the troubled history of Boeing’s Max lineup of jets

The Independent UK

Loss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane crash, expert says

An aviation expert is citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before crashing in rural Virginia

The Independent UK

Sonic boom heard over Washington is a rare sound with a rich history

People living in and around the nation’s capital experienced a rare, if startling, sound: A sonic boom

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