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As air traffic controllers and TSA agents work without paychecks and widespread flight disruptions threaten to upend holiday travel, Democrats’ shameful refusal to end their destructive government shutdown is plunging the U.S. aviation system into chaos. Now, the aviation industry is coming together to demand Democrats cease the sick political gamesmanship and end their shutdown before the full-blown crisis grounds …

A flight bound for Los Angeles International Airport on Monday evening was diverted after a communication issue resulted in the pilots thinking people were trying to breach the cockpit, officials said. An American Airlines flight left from Eppley Airfield in Omaha around 4:40 p.m. and returned to the airport about 20 minutes later for an unknown reason, according to flight …

Plane Lands After Pilots Fear Someone Is Trying to Enter Cockpit  The New York Times LAX-bound SkyWest flight returns to Nebraska after pilots thought someone was trying to break into cockpit  ABC7 Los Angeles Flight makes emergency landing after cabin crew was ‘knocking on the cockpit door’ over communications issue  Fox Business Flight from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield makes emergency landing  WOWT False alarm on …

Washington  —  An American Airlines flight, operated by SkyWest Airlines, made an emergency landing in Nebraska Monday night after the pilots could not reach the flight attendants and they heard someone outside the cockpit door, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Flight 6469 took off from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield at 6:41 p.m. local time headed to Los Angeles, but almost …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is moving forward with plans to build a dedicated facility in Idaho to train pilots from Qatar, an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. Hegseth, who made the announcement during a visit by Qatar’s defense minister, said the facility to be built at the Mountain Home Air …

Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and the last of the group’s World War II combat pilots, died Tuesday night, according to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. He was 100 years old. “His legacy is one of courage, resilience, tremendous skill and dogged perseverance against racism, prejudice and other evils, said Leon Butler, national president of Tuskegee Airmen, …

It’s a tough time for Spirit Airlines. Several weeks ago, the airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in a matter of months, in a move that should’ve surprised no one (well, except the company’s management, seemingly). While Spirit kind of squandered its first Chapter 11 bankruptcy (by not actually making any structural changes), the airline is …

This is Twenty One Pilots in its purest form. Opener “City Walls” is a five-minute litmus test, with gigantic “oh-woah” hooks, soaring choruses, fuzzy bass tones, overdriven drums, and yes, rapping. It’s also pure fan service; the deeply ludicrous $1 million music video frequently calls back to past work and the song itself interpolates their single “Holding on to You.” …

A United Express flight from Aspen to Houston ran into severe turbulence while flying over Texas. Flight data shows the plane dropped 4,000 ft in less than a minute before stabilizing. The pilots declared an emergency before diverting the flight and landing the aircraft safely in Austin. The extent of injuries suffered by any passengers onboard is not clear at …

Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash  The New York Times How a fragile aviation system led to disaster near Washington  Politico NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t  CNN Key takeaways from 3-day hearing on deadly D.C. midair collision  CBS News ‘This should have never happened’: DC crash …