What’s Going on With Air Safety? Our Reporters Answered Your Biggest Questions
In a question-and-answer session with WSJ aviation reporters, subscribers asked about DEI, lap infants and aging technology.
ATC tells pilot landing at DCA to perform go-around to avoid another plane on runway: FAA
An American Airlines flight aborted a landing Tuesday morning after the pilot saw a plane preparing to take off on the same runway it was supposed to land on.
Elon Musk begs ‘top notch’ air traffic controllers to come out of retirement to ease shortage
The face of DOGE, the government’s cost-cutting task force, said there is a “shortage” of skilled air traffic controllers.
American Airlines flight discontinues landing to avoid departing plane
An American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around at an air traffic controller’s instruction to avoid getting too close ...
FAA implements new airspace rules at Reagan Airport during presidential flights
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will now bring air traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to a ...
What a 1970s toilet paper shortage teaches us about our fear of flying
Sometimes perception becomes people’s reality.That certainly feels the case when it comes to airline safety. After last month’s deadly crash near Reagan National Airport, every accident or close call ...