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Senate Democrats Say Modernizing Airline Pilot Training Requirements Will Kill People

If a proposal to let pilots do more of their training on flight simulators passes, supporters will have "blood on your hands," says Sen. Tammy Duckworth.

Reason

New airline planes will be required to have secondary barriers to the cockpit to protect pilots

It will be harder to break into the cockpit on new airline planes

The Independent UK

SpaceX Starship problems likely to delay Artemis 3 moon mission to 2026, NASA says

NASA is worried that SpaceX's giant new Starship vehicle won't be ready to carry Artemis astronauts to the surface of the moon in late 2025, as currently planned.

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Biden picks longtime transportation official as acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration has another acting leader at the controls

The Independent UK

Canada wildfires: blazes intensifying due to climate crisis, says Kamala Harris; Trudeau accuses opposition of inaction – as it happened

US vice-president said administration working with Canada to tackle the crisis; Canadian PM accuses opposition leader of fighting climate plan

The Guardian - US

Investigators to review records from crashed plane that sparked DC scare

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said investigators plan to conclude its on-scene investigative work Wednesday from the southwest Virginia crash site of the light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington.

Reuters

Loud launches: Researchers study how rocket noise affects endangered wildlife

A new study will monitor the short- and long-term impacts of rocket launches on endangered wildlife near California's Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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Congress tees up FAA, pipeline safety, rail, supply chain bills - Roll Call

Senate Democrats may push for an airline "passengers' bill of rights" in the aviation reauthorization effort on the agenda this summer.

Roll Call

Four die in plane crash that sparked Washington scare

Investigators still don't know why a plane flew over restricted airspace in Washington DC before crashing into mountains in Virginia.

The New Daily

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

Evening Standard

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.

WEKU

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

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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.

Inverse

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.

The Independent UK

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

Fortune

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.

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WEKU

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.

Daily Mirror

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

Reason

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.

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

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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