Air travel

No one was injured in the incident involving a Delta Connection flight that was making a “go-around” due to an approach problem Sunday, officials said.

It’s been 20 years since Congress passed the REAL ID Act, setting federal standards for the issuance of ID cards and drivers licenses. This May, after years of delays, the enforcement deadline is finally imminent. Here’s what to know.

Twelve people were hospitalized with minor injuries Thursday evening after an American Airlines plane caught fire after making an emergency landing at Denver International Airport.

Twelve people were taken to hospitals after an American Airlines plane landed at Denver International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, leaving smoke billowing across the tarmac.

Officials say an American Airlines plane has caught fire while at a gate at Denver International Airport.

Here’s what you need to know about why flying through unstable air can create safety hazards that affect airline passengers and crews.

An international flight out of Chicago was forced to return to O’Hare International Airport after several bathrooms on the plane became “unserviceable” mid-flight and an investigation later revealed the reason why.

Police say 70-year-old Michael Reinath and 76-year-old Linda Gifford died in the Feb. 19 collision at Marana Regional Airport.

A 17-year-old boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane in Australia before being restrained by a pilot and two passengers, police said Friday.

The plane, headed from the Minneapolis area to Mazatlán, landed without incident, and all the passengers got off safely, Sun Country Airlines said.

A power outage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport caused significant flight delays and other interruptions to air travel Monday morning.

A power outage at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport disrupted flights Monday. Here’s a look at the security line backup.

SkyWest flight 5690 safely landed at Waco Regional Airport on Sunday evening.

Pilot error played a role in the majority of high-profile plane crashes and close calls in the last few weeks, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Thursday as he called for pilots to face serious consequences when they disregard air traffic controllers, NBC News reported. 

“I don’t want to see people lose their lives because we have an air traffic control system that fails,” the transportation secretary said Thursday on a visit to the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City.

There’s one question on many people’s minds after numerous high-profile aviation incidents in the last few months: Is it safe to fly? Two aviation experts say there’s still nothing to worry about. Here’s why.

How common are “go-arounds” at airports to avoid crashes? And are there really so many more aviation incidents these days… or are we just focused on it right now? News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

The FAA says an American Airlines plane arriving in Washington DC discontinued its landing, performing a go-around to avoid getting too close to another aircraft departing from the same runway.

The Malaysian government said it had given initial approval for the U.S.-based company Ocean Infinity to resume the search for MH370, which vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board.

The CEO of Monumental Sports and Entertainment had a personal connection with some of the members of the figure skating community killed in the midair collision over the Potomac River.