/tags/faa FAA en-US Copyright Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:35:48 GMT /news/2023-04-24/columbus-plane-fire-puts-renewed-focus-on-recurring-bird-strikes American Airlines flight 1958 had 173 people on board when it departed from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, headed to Phoenix around 7:45 a.m. Sunday. Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:35:48 GMT /news/2023-04-24/columbus-plane-fire-puts-renewed-focus-on-recurring-bird-strikes Associated Press /news/2023-02-22/faa-says-no-survivors-after-plane-headed-to-columbus-from-arkansas-crashes According to the FAA, a twin-engine Beechcraft BE20 crashed after leaving from Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock around 12 p.m. Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:49:25 GMT /news/2023-02-22/faa-says-no-survivors-after-plane-headed-to-columbus-from-arkansas-crashes ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ News Staff /npr-news/npr-news/2023-01-19/faa-contractors-deleted-files-and-inadvertently-grounded-thousands-of-flights The agency's preliminary review determined it was unintentional as the contractors worked "to correct synchronization" between databases. Fri, 20 Jan 2023 02:34:35 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2023-01-19/faa-contractors-deleted-files-and-inadvertently-grounded-thousands-of-flights Nicole Hernandez, Ayana Archie /npr-news/2023-01-12/heres-the-latest-on-the-notam-outage-that-caused-flight-delays-and-cancellations The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that early work traced the blackout to a "damaged database file." Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:57:09 GMT /npr-news/2023-01-12/heres-the-latest-on-the-notam-outage-that-caused-flight-delays-and-cancellations Jaclyn Diaz, David Schaper /news-partners/2018-10-22/cramped-legroom-on-flights-unlikely-to-change-despite-congressional-mandate Frequent flyers have often complained of shrinking legroom on flights. Now Congress has ordered the FAA to establish minimum seat widths and pitch — but that's unlikely to result in more space. Mon, 22 Oct 2018 14:24:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-10-22/cramped-legroom-on-flights-unlikely-to-change-despite-congressional-mandate David Schaper /news-partners/2018-07-05/faa-to-passengers-not-our-job-to-regulate-seat-size-legroom-on-planes In a letter responding to a lawsuit brought by the group Flyers Rights, the Federal Aviation Administration said that current seat size is not a safety issue. Thu, 05 Jul 2018 18:00:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-07-05/faa-to-passengers-not-our-job-to-regulate-seat-size-legroom-on-planes Amy Held /2017-06-05/trump-announces-plan-to-privatize-air-traffic-control It's an idea long supported by most of the commercial airlines and the union, which say the system is inefficient under the Federal Aviation Administration. Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:06:00 GMT /2017-06-05/trump-announces-plan-to-privatize-air-traffic-control David Schaper