WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into an air traffic control incident on Monday in which the airplane carrying First Lady Michelle Obama aborted a landing attempt at Andrews Air Force Base

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WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt announced today that effective immediately the FAA will place an additional air traffic controller on the midnight shift at 27 control towers around the country that are currently staffed with only one controller during that time.

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DALLAS, TX – Southwest Airlines said early this morning it is working with the National Transportation Safety Board to determine the cause of a depressurization event during a Phoenix-Sacramento flight on Friday

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ATLANTA – The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $550,000 civil penalty against Executive Airlines, Inc., of San Juan, P.R., for allegedly operating two ATR-72 twin turboprop planes when they were not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The FAA is investigating an incident that occurred on Sunday March 27, 2011 when an air traffic controller in the Central Florida Terminal Radar Approach Control requested assistance from a passenger aircraft in checking on a Cirrus SR22 aircraft that had been out of radio contact for over one hour.

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SEATTLE – The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a $585,725 civil penalty against Corporate Air of Billings, Mont., for allegedly operating a Shorts SD-3-30 twin-turboprop cargo aircraft when it was not in compliance with Federal Aviation Regulations.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has announced that Mexico complies with international safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization

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LOS ANGELES – The Federal Aviation Administration proposes to assess a $221,650 civil penalty against Flying Vikings, Inc. a flight school in Hayward, Calif., for allegedly failing to complete the required training for its staff and failing to maintain training records, as required by Federal Aviation Regulations.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Transportation Safety Board today released a final report on a fatal crash involving a transport-category helicopter caused by a bird strike.

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WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing for a busy Thanksgiving holiday travel week by working with the Department of Defense to clear the way for commercial aircraft to fly in airspace normally reserved for the military.

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