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Light plane that sparked scare lost contact soon after takeoff -NTSB

Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington, authorities said on Monday.

Reuters

A sonic boom, a baffling plane crash and a family destroyed: Inside the Virginia tragedy that sparked a F-16 response

No survivors found after Cessna Citation plane wrecked in Virginia mountains following unauthorised flight over Washington, with thunder clap heard as two F-16s went supersonic in race to intercept it. Joe Sommerlad writes

The Independent UK

Wayward plane sparks F-16 fighter jet chase before crashing in Virginia

No survivors were found at the crash site

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Military F-16s intercepted a business jet, shocking D.C. residents with a sonic boom

At supersonic speeds, F-16 jets chased down an unresponsive pilot who flew a civilian plane over the nation's capital and crashed in southwest Virginia. The FAA and NTSB are investigating.

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Fighter jets chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia

The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia, officials said.

Reuters

Light plane crashes after chase by jets near US capital

US officials say jet fighters chased a light plane that violated airspace in Washington DC and later crashed into mountainous terrain.

The New Daily

NASA Says Some "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena" Are Unexplainable — Here's What They Might Be

There are now about 800 cases of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP. NASA, the FAA and the Pentagon are investigating.

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Redo of federal plane evacuation tests sought as passengers squeeze into smaller spaces

Congress is looking into just how quickly airline passengers can evacuate a plane during an emergency

The Independent UK

Airline starts weighing its passengers in order to make flights 'safe and efficient'

More than 10,000 people will be asked to step on the scales before boarding an international flight.

Fortune

This airline is weighing passengers before they board international flights

"For safety reasons we need to know the weight of all items onboard the aircraft," Air New Zealand says. Numbers from the scales won't be displayed and will remain anonymous, the airline says.

WEKU

Major airline to ask all international passengers to be weighed ahead of flight

New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority has asked Air New Zealand to weight international passengers at Auckland International Airport to step onto the scales this summer

Daily Mirror

Blame the Feds for Your Canceled Flight This Memorial Day

Staffing shortages and laughably out-of-date technology in the federal government's air traffic control system are leading to a lot more flight delays.

Reason

Two planes abort landings as air traffic shouts 'you shouldn't be on the runway'

Air traffic controllers at San Francisco International Airport were heard angrily berating the Southwest pilot during the terrifying incident on May 19

Daily Mirror

Two planes abort landings in San Francisco after pilots spot Southwest Airlines jet on runway

United Arlines and Alaska Airlines flights were forced to circle before landing safely at SFO

The Independent UK

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2 planes aborted landings in San Francisco when a Southwest jet taxied across their runways

Two airliners aborted their landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across the runways on which they were going to land

Daily Mirror

'My robot planes will change the world – now I want them to help Ukraine at war with Russia'

Gene Avakyan knows all to well what it's like to grow up in times of tension having fled Ukraine as a child and now he's created 'robot planes' to help country at war with Russia

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Lack of air traffic controllers is industry's biggest issue, United Airlines CEO says

United Airlines CEO says the shortage of air traffic controllers has been a decades-long problem.

WEKU

A record number of Americans may fly this summer. Here's everything you need to know

Memorial Day weekend kicks off the busy summer air travel season and this may be the busiest ever. But some worry it could be another summer of delays and cancellations after a "pretty rocky" 2022.

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Flight canceled? Stuck on the tarmac? Here’s a solution: more women in aviation

The aviation industry has a problem. A shortage of airline pilots is causing a “constraint on capacity,” which translates to canceled flights and delays for travelers — especially on smaller airlines. There’s more: In early April, the FAA warned that a shortage of air traffic controllers is expected to gum…

Space

A spaceport startup launched the 1st rocket from a floating launch pad in US waters

A mobile shipping platform in the Gulf of Mexico sent out the first rockets to suborbital space from U.S. territorial waters. The Spaceport Company is aiming for orbital launches next.

Space

SpaceX joining FAA to fight environmental groups' Starship lawsuit: report

SpaceX is joining the FAA to fight a lawsuit brought by environmental groups, which claim the agency didn't properly assess the damage the company's Starship rocket could cause.

Tribune News Service

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport could grow 80% by 2050

Terminal F is back on the table for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after American Airlines came to a deal on a $1.6 billion contract extension at its fortress hub.

The Independent UK

Travellers shocked after airline weighs woman on baggage scale

‘It’s a tiny plane so they needed our weight to take off for safety reasons,’ traveller claims

Los Angeles Times

2 killed in small plane crash 40 miles off the coast of California

A small private plane crashed Saturday in the Pacific about 40 miles west of Half Moon Bay, California, following an emergency call for help, killing two people aboard.

The Independent UK

Travellers shocked after airline weighs woman on baggage scale

‘It’s a tiny plane so they needed our weight to take off for safety reasons,’ traveller claims

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