Federal Aviation Administration

SCOTUS-Backed Surveillance Law Built on a Bush-Era Lie

UPDATE: A Drone Flies in Brooklyn? Pilot Reports Unmanned Aircraft Sighting

Cue the heavy drums and eerie science-fiction score. It looks like drones have already made their way to New York City skies, according to a CNN report. The pilot of an Alitalia passenger jet heading in to John F. Kennedy Airport for landing yesterday afternoon reported sighting a small unmanned ai ... More >>

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded; Protests in Russia; Hollywood Gunman

​Three women received the Nobel Peace Prize today at a ceremony in Oslo. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, social worker Leymah Gbowee, and Yemeni journalist and activist Tawakkul Karman were all "chosen for their non-violent struggle against injustice, sexual violence and repression." ... More >>

Airspace Over Zuccotti Wasn't Closed During Raid -- At Least, Not Officially By NYPD

The Columbia Journalism Review ran a story today asserting that the NYPD did not close airspace above Zuccotti Park to news choppers during the raid. That intel has been widely reported and was originally tweeted by Reuters social media guru Anthony De Rosa: Erika Fry at CJR found that the NYPD ... More >>

Virgin Galactic is Accepting Applications for Astronauts; We Applied

​On the Virgin careers website, Virgin Galactic has posted a want ad for Astronauts. They have three positions to fill, and we have sent in our application for consideration. They informed us via auto-reply email that if they feel we are an appropriate candidate, we will be asked to interview. ... More >>

The World Is Really Ending This Time!

​I can't stand Chicken Little types who always think the planet is coming to an a tragic end. To me, their whining only adds to the general unpleasantness and their hot air can be detrimental to foliage. But after taking a look at today's headlines, I'm convinced not only that the sky is fa ... More >>

Power Back in New Jersey After Outage Affecting 20,000

​Parts of New Jersey were left without power this afternoon due to an equipment failure at PSE&G's Bayway switching station in Elizabeth. ABC News reported about 20,000 customers lost power, and that terminals A, B and C were without power at Newark Liberty International Airport. The control t ... More >>

Fright or Flight Response

Why are Mexicanairlines so fearless?

Surprise! New York Area Airports Still Suck

​In a groundbreaking new report [pdf], the U.S. Department of Transportation's Inspector General has discovered that flight delays at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports remain terrible and make New Yorkers -- and, indirectly, people throughout the rest of the country (yes, we're t ... More >>

UFOs Sighted Over Chelsea!

"UFO over Manhattan," 1965​The NYPD and FAA have been getting calls since early this afternoon about "a silvery object hovering high over Chelsea," the Daily News reports. The mothership coming in to land? Or...just balloons? Also, what's up with weird things (unidentified flying objects, C4 e ... More >>

United Airlines plane makes emergency landing at Newark

​Update: the Bergen Record is reporting that three passengers were slightly injured, according to an airline spokesman. -- United Airlines Flight 634, an Airbus flying from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, made an emergency landing at Newark Airport this morning after the right hand landing gear fa ... More >>

Computer Glitch Brings Widespread Flight Delays, Cancellations This A.M. (Update: Fixed!)

Boy, we hope you're not flying this morning: the FAA says it's having trouble with its computers, which will delay flights across the nation. The glitch, noticed around 6 a.m., has to do with flight schedules, which the agency's workers are at present doing by hand. The problem was originally detect ... More >>

After Crash, FAA Makes New Rules for Hudson River Flights

​After a mid-air collision between a small charter plane and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River this summer killed nine people, observers were quick to blame the Federal Aviation Administration for poorly regulating the airspace, letting it become clogged with private planes. Toda ... More >>

Balloon mom and dad face charges (Updated)

​So there was a press conference yesterday after all, but it wasn't Richard Heene's. After a day of questioning Heene and his wife, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden announced that criminal charges will be filed against them in the big balloon chase. Alderden says they haven't decided which ... More >>

BALLOON BOY IN GARAGE THE WHOLE TIME

​ OK, what's the over/under on what the Heene family should pay for the massive search effort for their kid? Turns out Falcon was hiding in a box in the family's garage while helicopters and first responders were all over hell and gone looking for him. More questions at the end of the post. B ... More >>

Post Calls For Socialistic Air Crew Training and Resting Plan

The Post is on again about the "inappropriate cockpit chitchat" in the Buffalo-bound Colgan Air flight that crashed this week. "LAUGHS TO DOOM 'IN 20 SECONDS'" roars the hed. As we said before, we consider the banter of the crew the least part of the issue. People in tough jobs often joke. Haven't t ... More >>

2nd Flyover Narrowly Averted by Quick-Thinking FAA, Mayor

Another socialist White House flyover! This time involving some of Obama's fellow-traitor Navy flyers! Also, this one never happened: It was cancelled at the last minute by the FAA , which probably thinks everyone's had enough agita for one term, and had the presence of mind to ask the Mayor's opin ... More >>

Plane Circling Statue of Liberty Just "Taking Photos," Says Paper

If you were worried about the plane lazily circling the Statue of Liberty this morning, don't be: the Staten Island Advance reveals, albeit belatedly, that the military flight "taking photos" of the statue. "Reports indicate it may be Air Force One," they add, suggesting that the Obama may have got ... More >>

Flights Leaves LaGuardia, Drops Chunks, Lands at Kennedy

American Airlines Flight 309 had some trouble after it departed LaGuardia for Chicago at 8:15 this morning and, after dropping chunks of its engine over College Point, landed at Kennedy Airport. All passengers and crew are safe. Engine failure is suspected, an FAA investigation is pending. Update: S ... More >>

Buffalo Plane Crash Cause Debated; "Gawkers" Haunt Site

The commuter plane crash in Buffalo continues to be examined. It has been confirmed that Continental Connection Flight 3407 was on autopilot before its fatal descent, which some suggest was a "deadly error" that shielded the pilot from the severity of the situation until it was too late. Once auto ... More >>

More Flight 1549 Porn (Audio)

Hear the manly voice of Captain "Sully" Sullberger tell air traffic controllers "We're gonna be in the Hudson!" Hear the unfazed air controllers try to get him to Teterboro, then remark casually, "He said he was goin' in the Hudson." Read an account of what you're listening to! The FAA has released ... More >>

Have a Happy Flight-Delayed Christmas

'Phoenix Lights': Don't Believe the Hype

Trouble in the Air

Reagan's mass firing of air traffic controllers made American skies much less safe in the 1980s. Is Bush's flight plan the same?

Out of Control

When air traffic control shares blame for fatal crashes

A Flight to Remember

Bloody Tuesday: Paul Greengrass's visceral cine-memorial stakes its claim to authenticity

Moussaoui's Guilt: Less Profound Than Airline's Own Incompetence?

Al Qaeda's L.A. Plot? Yawn. . .

The really scary news? Airport security is still so bad

Running From the Truth

9-11 Commission dealt with several issues by simply ignoring them

9-11 Probers Leave Questions Behind

FAA's Security Measures Won't Fly

Hijacking the Facts

FBI worked hard to cover up a 9-11 cover-up—and then hide it some more

Fear of Flying

Whistle-blowers say the FAA ignored a decade of pre–9-11 warnings

The 9-11 Gun

The Rushdie Connection

Yoo-hoo, Osama!

Homeland Insecurity

The American empire goes for broke—and it could be heading that way

Kerry and 9-11

Jersey Girls support him, but a pre-attack warning could haunt him

Ex-Feds Blast 9-11 Panel and Bush

Government agencies roasted for screw-ups in war on "terror"

The Dayton Discord

'Undefended': A senator finally takes the government to task over the 9-11 findings

Why Were We on Our Own?

9-11 inquiry merely hints at the feds' inaction on the fatal day

Plane Truth

Among Questions Still Up In The Air Is Why Our Jet Fighters Weren't

Higher Calling

Why Do Airlines Ban Midflight Cell Phone Calls?

9-11 Questions Still Circling

Where Was the FAA? Where Was NORAD?

Nation

Knowing Much, Bush Did Little to Protect America

Pilots’-Eye View

The Crash of Flight 587 Raises Questions About Training and Air Traffic Control

The Next Attack?

Airline Safety Remains Slack

Team Bush Swamped by Crisis

Nation Looks for Leadership After Attacks