More horrific air disasters will continue to happen - and more often - unless four key steps are taken, an aviation expert has warned. Shawn Pruchnicki, a former pilot who now lectures in ...

An aviation guru has issued a stark warning that unless four crucial actions are taken, the skies will see an increase in horrific air disasters. Shawn Pruchnicki, ex-pilot turned lecturer at The ...

Fatal crashes attract extraordinary attention ... have been raising concerns about an overtaxed and understaffed air traffic control system for years, especially after a series of close calls ...

All the recent aviation disasters and close calls have people ... not long after taking off from a small airport nearby. Fatal crashes attract extraordinary attention partly because they are ...

airport runway paths and light pollution that may have played a role in the fatal D.C. crash. Photo Illustration: Brandon Giles/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images/Ryan Trefes Irregular air-traffic ...

Irregular air-traffic control staffing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is under scrutiny after a deadly accident earlier this year. It isn’t the first time. The night of Jan.

While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal accidents compared with the total number of flights was a record low, according to the ...

WASHINGTON — Americans' confidence in air travel and the federal agencies tasked with maintaining air safety has slipped a little from last year, following a recent crash in Washington ...

There was a close call between two planes at Reagan National Airport on Tuesday morning — just a month after a midair collision between an Army helicopter and a commercial jet over the Potomac ...