The potential Trump visit to West Palm, will, again, give Palm Beach County residents a front row seat to the presidency.
US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders to appoint a new FAA Acting Administrator and order an immediate assessment of aviation safety.
Elon Musk is working with Boeing on behalf of President Donald Trump in order to speed up replacements for the president’s planes, known as Air Force One, that are over budget and behind schedule.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Thursday he will soon announce a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a devastating collision between an American Airlines regional plane and an Army helicopter killed 67 people.
The American air travel system has been under increasing stress in recent years, most notably in a series of near tragedies including several in Austin.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
When Donald Trump flies back to Mar-a-Lago next, he'll fly on Air Force One. He also may get his red, white and blue design for the aircraft.
The helicopter was part of the 12th Aviation Battalion which is on an operational pause following the collision. It will remain so until a review is completed. Officials will look to see if the Black Hawk was in the correct corridor and altitude when it hit the plane, CNN reported.
An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.
The plane, American Eagle Flight No. 5342, a regional jetliner, was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members on a flight from Wichita, Kansas. There were three soldiers aboard the U.S. Army’s Sikorsky H-60, a Defense Department official told CBS News.
Reagan National Airport is widely considered to be one of the more stressful airports in the country when it comes to directing flights, given the intersection of commercial and military aircraft.