The FAA's acting administrator told the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that he knows the agency must make ...

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The Federal Aviation Administration announced new safety technology being deployed to airports as part of its Surface Safety Portfolio that aims to reduce surface incidents and runway incursions.

Virginia-based aviation company Electra says it managed to get some 2,200 orders for its short-, low-speed take off aircraft, ...

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Electra's aircraft looks conventional enough, but it generates ludicrous amounts of lift, to take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using almost no runway. With US$9 billion in pre-orders, it's ...

A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida airport on Thursday ...

Air traffic controllers stopped a potential disaster yesterday at the Orlando International Airport (MCO), when a Southwest jet almost took off from a taxiway instead of a runway. Southwest said no ...

"Southwest is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to understand the circumstances of the event," a spokesperson for the airline said.

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