The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has formed a panel aimed at improving the safety and reliability of the nation's air traffic system after several close calls on airport runways during takeoffs and landings.
“We are committed to maintaining the safest period in U.S. aviation history,” Acting Administrator Billy Nolen said. “This team will strengthen our ongoing safety efforts and identify specific investments we can make to bolster the National Airspace System.”
The FAA National Airspace System Safety Review will produce concrete recommendations to improve safety. The agency has already taken some actions, including rules aimed at making sure supervisors have their full attention devoted to airfield operations during peak hours.
Two hikers in Nevada were found dead during a heat wave.
The severe heat wave blanketing the southwestern part of the U.S. is expected to continue, according to the National Weather Service.
Officials in Montana said dozens were injured after a patio collapse at a country club over the weekend.
Wildfires in Greece have prompted another round of evacuations.
A new study suggests that the next global pandemic could come from the meat supply industry in the U.S.
The investigation continues into the Gilgo Beach murders, leading to a deep dig into the backyard of suspect Rex Heuermann.
The remains of four people who crashed Thursday in a helicopter in Alaska were recovered on Sunday.
Health officials in Nevada say a two-year-old boy has died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba and developing an infection.
A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park.
The EF3 tornado damaged some of the factory's drug storage but not its medicine production areas.
