Lufthansa Flight 456, which came all the way from Germany, safely landed at the Los Angeles International Airport Friday. But it wasn't until after another one of those precarious close encounters with a drone.
A United Airlines flight heading to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in Tucson International Airport last Sunday morning, Feb. 7, as reported by ABC Arizona. According to airport authorities, the plane's cockpit and cabin were filled up with smoke causing the pilot to turn around and make the emergency landing.
Aviation authorities from the U.S. and Europe find themselves at odds over the different measures employed for cyber security. While the regions are both in agreement to upgrade the security and prevention of cyber attacks in various aircraft, it has been revealed that the question of "how" is still up in the air.
Southwest Airlines shed $2.8 million to settle the Federal Aviation Administration lawsuit after authorities found irregularities in performing maintenance work.
Need to fly your newly acquired drone? You may need to check first with the U.S Government's policy on how to register it before you can fly it freely.
The federal government is finally doing something to tame and regulate recreational drone use, long after the explosion in popularity of casual consumer drones has created major safety issues in the sky.
The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a device built by a Connecticut teenager that combines a drone and a handgun. Officials seek to determine if 18-year-old Austin Haughwout violated a regulation prohibiting the "careless or reckless operation of a model aircraft."
Thousands of Southwest Airlines passengers over the next five days will likely be flying on planes that have missed a required safety inspection. The Federal Aviation Administration allowed the carrier to operate the aircraft while Southwest catches up on the checks of their backup rudder system.
In compliance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, AeroVironment Inc., a drone maker based in Monrovia, Calif., launched the first commercial drone aircraft over land on Sunday.
Authorities are still investigating how a 16-year-old teen, who snuck past airport security and climbed into the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines plane, survived the flight from San Jose to Maui on Sunday as the temperature in the atmosphere reached an estimated 80 degrees below zero.
