Runway Incident In Hawaii; FAA To Hold Safety Summit In March The day after Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen announced he wants to hold a Safety Summit next month, CNN reported that there was a serious runway incursion involving a United Airlines 777 and Cessna Caravan at Daniel K. Inouye Airport[…] Read this article
No Survivors In Alabama Blackhawk Crash Authorities in northern Alabama say everyone aboard a Tennessee National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter died when it crashed onto the median of a freeway near Huntsville. It’s not known how many crew were on the helicopter. The helicopter was on[…] Read this article
FAA Studying Unleaded Avgas Transition The FAA has at least temporarily stopped its investigation into whether Santa Clara County in California is violating its grants agreement by refusing to sell leaded gasoline at county-owned Reid Hillview and San Martin Airport. In exchange, the county has[…] Read this article
Pilot Held Hostage By Papuan Rebels Separatist rebels in Papua have released photos of an apparently healthy pilot they took hostage a week ago. Philip Mehrtens, a New Zealander, landed his Susi Air charter flight at Paro Airport in a fractious area of the Indonesian territory[…] Read this article
