Fri, Feb 07, 2025
One Victim Awaiting Positive Identification from Medical Examiners
A team of over 100 officials has spent over a week searching the Potomac River and has managed to recover all 67 victims from the fatal mid-air collision. 66 of the bodies have been positively identified and 10 have been returned to loved ones. NTSB investigators are currently reviewing data from the flight data and cockpit audio recorders to use in the preliminary and final reports.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Creating a Third Runway Could Drastically Increase Aviation Emissions
The recent spike in government support for a runway expansion project at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) has triggered pushback from local environmentalists. The project, slated for completion by 2035, would drastically increase flight operations and emissions along with it.
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Fri, Feb 07, 2025
Busiest In The World? Maybe
Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) reported the busiest year in its history with 92.3 million passengers in 2024, as it continues to rank at or near the top among the world’s busiest airports. The airport surpassed its previous all-time high of 89.1 million passengers in 2018.
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Thu, Feb 06, 2025
Trump Exempts Air Traffic Controllers from New Resignation Offer
The Trump administration’s attempt at downsizing the federal workforce has run into a problem: some jobs actually need to be done. Over the weekend, the administration clarified that air traffic controllers and other public safety employees are exempt from its new “deferred resignation program.”
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Wed, Feb 05, 2025
Shareholders Approve Buyout, To Finalize In 2025
In a move designed to restore industry confidence in its infrastructure, Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems began merger talks in early- to mid-2024, with Spirit shareholders approving the acquisition by Boeing during a special shareholder meeting on January 31, 2025.
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Wed, Feb 05, 2025
Stakeholders Highlight Unintended Effects of Incoming Import Fees
Although pretty much delayed for the moment, President Donald Trump announced new executive orders that would place a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico as well as a 10% tariff on Chinese goods. These charges could generate a wide range of side effects for the American aviation industry.
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Wed, Feb 05, 2025
Fifty-Five Victims ID’d, Wreckage Recovery Begins
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), along with officials in the agencies overseeing the search and recovery operations in the Potomac River where the American Eagle CRJ Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter provided updates on February 1 and 2, 2025.
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Tue, Feb 04, 2025
Failure Occurs As the FAA Begins a System Modernization Process
The Notice to Air Mission (NOTAM) system returned to working status at 11:00 am on February 2 after a several-hour outage. Though officials said there was “minimal disruption” to operations, the event hopefully gives the FAA a little extra motivation to modernize the system.
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Tue, Feb 04, 2025
Government Officials Take the Blame for Fatal DC Crash
Families of the victims in January 29th’s midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) are beginning to explore legal action against the federal government. Statements from President Trump and other officials pinning blame on the military helicopter could play a major role in these claims.
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