Federal Aviation Administration
A hot-air balloon struck and collapsed a radio tower in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the city’s annual Balloon Fiesta on Friday. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The balloon, carrying three people, safely landed in a field after hitting the tower, which transmits for radio station KKOB-AM. The incident is under investigation by the Federal Aviation […]
A recent SpaceX rocket failure has left 20 Starlink satellites in a dangerously low orbit, leading to their inevitable reentry and destruction in Earth’s atmosphere. The Falcon 9 rocket, launched from California on July 11, 2024, experienced an upper stage engine malfunction due to a liquid oxygen leak. This is SpaceX’s first failure in nearly […]
U.S. airlines are facing significant challenges in expanding their fleets due to ongoing delivery delays from Boeing, exacerbated by the manufacturer’s safety crisis. The industry has had to lower its delivery expectations for the year, complicating efforts to accommodate surging travel demand. The situation worsened after a January 5 incident involving a midair panel blowout […]
The Federal Aviation Administration is currently investigating an incident that happened last weekend at JFK airport involving 2 planes from separate airlines. A Delta airline Boeing 737 was set to depart after being cleared to takeoff on the runway but had to make an emergency stop traveling 115 mph after air controllers noticed another plane […]
There was a report that a computer outage at the FAA was the reason flights were grounded Wednesday morning. So if you were wondering why your flight was delayed you weren’t alone; over 3,700 were delayed. That computer problem wasn’t just with the Federal Aviation Administration there were other places That experienced computer problems around […]
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