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JetBlue Airways is preparing to cut scores of weekly flights in the New York City area this spring and summer in response to a shortage of air traffic controllers, a measure that will have a financial impact on the airline, CEO Robin Hayes told CNBC on Wednesday. Last week, the Federal …

Six girls, including a 1-year-old baby, were killed in a car crash on a Tennessee highway early Sunday, officials said. First responders found a vehicle upside down with extensive damage in Robertson County, about 30 miles north of Nashville, just before 2 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) Sunday, Robertson County Emergency …

Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day accused a male TSA officer of sexually assaulting him before a recent flight out of Southern California. The incident unfolded Friday morning at John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, according to the 28-year-old who won a 2022 Super Bowl ring with the L.A. …

HARTFORD, Conn. — A business jet flying over New England violently pitched upward then downward, fatally injuring a passenger, after pilots responding to automated cockpit warnings switched off a system that helps keep the aircraft stable, U.S. transportation investigators reported Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board didn’t reach any conclusions …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A small plane crash in Tennessee that killed weight-loss guru Gwen Shamblin Lara and six others likely happened when her husband piloting the plane — actor Joe Lara — became disoriented in heavy clouds, a final report by the National Transportation Safety Board says. Joe Lara, who …

A pilot from another airline helped land a Southwest Airlines flight Wednesday after its captain became “incapacitated” and required medical attention, forcing the plane to turn back to Las Vegas, according to the airline and radio traffic data. Southwest Flight 6013 was bound for Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday when one …

Zika has now spread locally in Florida and Texas, infecting more than 200 people presumably bitten by local mosquitoes. The virus has infected hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people across Latin America and thousands have carried it back to the U.S. Mosquito season is done in most of …

The Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert on Wednesday to key personnel in the airline industry after a series of near collisions and a safety summit last week aimed at avoiding a catastrophe. The Safety Alert for Operators was issued for integral industry personnel such as directors of operations, chief …

A United Airlines flight was grounded for hours in Vermont after a note threatening a bomb was reportedly found in a plane lavatory shortly before landing Sunday afternoon, officials said.  The threat was reported on board flight 3613, which departed from Newark, New Jersey, and was scheduled to land at …

As reports of near-miss incidents at U.S. airports pile up early into 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration is set to hold a summit next week to assess safety risks for travelers. FAA Acting Administrator Billy Nolen called the March 15 meeting last month, writing in a memo that “we are …