National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report further says crash prevention system didn’t generate alert

A firefighter whose truck collided with an Air Canada jet last month on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia airport, killing both pilots, heard an air traffic controller warn “stop, stop, stop” but didn’t know who it was for, federal investigators said Thursday.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on the 22 March collision that a crash prevention system for air traffic controllers didn’t generate an audio or visual alert, and lights on the runway that act as a stop light for crossing traffic were on until about three seconds before the collision.

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© Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking into a close call between two planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the agency said in a statement. According to the FAA statement, Republic Airways flight 4464 halted its landing at JFK on Monday afternoon “after missing the intended approach path and flying too close to Jazz...

An Air Canada Express flight and an American Airlines-operated regional jet were forced to abort their landings at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday after coming within a few hundred feet of one another. Read More

Manchester Airport in the U.K. says it is removing a photography-themed billboard after it was mocked for being AI slop.

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FAA investigates event of one jet flying too close to another, though both crews responded to alerts and landed safely

The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it was investigating a close call ​at New York’s John F Kennedy international airport ‌between two passenger jets.

“The crew of Republic Airways Flight 4464 performed a go-around at John F Kennedy International Airport after missing the ​intended approach path and flying too close to ​Jazz Aviation Flight 554, which was cleared to ⁠land on a parallel runway. Both flight crews responded ​to onboard alerts,” the FAA said in a statement about ​the Monday incident.

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© Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

© Photograph: Seth Wenig/AP

London Gatwick Airport has revealed what happens to luggage after it's checked in by attaching an Insta360 to one of the tens of thousands of bags that are processed each day.

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