The Federal Aviation Administration has finalised airworthiness directives (ADs) aimed at ensuring Boeing 737NG nacelle and engine components can better withstand forces generated by CFM International CFM56 fan-blade failures.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a near miss between a Southwest Airlines plane and a jet on a runway at Chicago's Midway Airport was caught on camera.
The Southwest plane performed a "go-around" to avoid a collision, circling to land safely about 15 minutes later.
A Southwest Airlines flight that was landing in Chicago from Omaha, Nebraska nearly missed hitting a business jet on Tuesday morning.
Midway air traffic control warned the private jet's pilot to hold position away from center runway 31 at least nine times.
An American Airlines flight aborted a landing Tuesday morning after the pilot saw a plane preparing to take off on the same runway it was supposed to land on.
A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet had a close call at Chicago Midway Airport on Tuesday morning, forcing the flight crew to perform a go-around to avoid a potential incident.
Video shows a Southwest 737 arriving from Omaha executing a go-around Tuesday when a private jet crosses the runway as the first plane prepares to land. A passenger says she wasn't aware of the danger until she saw the incident on TV hours later.
A Southwest flight had to quickly abort its landing to avoid a potential collision with a private jet on the runway at Chicago's Midway Airport.
A near-miss incident occurred at Chicago’s Midway International Airport when a Southwest Airlines plane and a jet on a runway collided, with the FAA investigating the incident.
A group representing U.S. airlines plans to urge federal aviation officials to permanently reduce helicopter traffic around Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., following a January collision by an Army Black Hawk into an American Airlines regional jet that killed 67 people.
Executives at major airlines told CNBC on Thursday that they do not see the FAA infrastructure as an immediate safety risk.