The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why several flight crews on Saturday received faulty alerts of potentially nearby aircraft on arrival at Washington's Reagan National Airport.

The FAA said Monday that some of the crews executed go-arounds as a result of the alerts and is investigating why the alerts occurred. There has been intense focus on traffic at the airport after a Jan.

Airlines for America calls on the Federal Aviation Administration to permanently suspend some helicopter routes near the airport with limited exceptions for essential military or medical emergencies.

After a January 29 collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet killed 67 people, the Federal Aviation Administration adopted new rules effectively barring flights to the busy airport just outside the nation's capital when the Marine One helicopter is transporting the president.

The Federal Aviation Administration says an American Airlines plane arriving at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport discontinued its landing, performing a go-around to avoid getting too close to another aircraft departing from the same runway.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators on Tuesday called for new funding to boost air traffic control staffing, speed training of new controllers and provide new incentives to retain aviation workers.

W hen Musk and his allies turned their attention to the FAA last month, they identified a problem: The communications infrastructure used by the agency to manage air-traffic control and aviation safety dates to 2002. It still relies on copper-based wiring and traditional radio. It’s showing its age.

The FAA has launched a probe into why flights approaching the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport received erroneous alerts of other aircraft in the area.

It's he starkest test yet of Musk’s ability to not just shrink government, but to turn his political power into potential business for his companies.

WASHINGTON — In a somber Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, aviation industry leaders delivered stark warnings about the nation's deteriorating air traffic control system following January's deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport that claimed 67 lives.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it is investigating multiple false collision warnings on flights approaching Reagan Washington National Airport. In an emailed statement sent ...