Topic: Federal Aviation Administration

'Full Upright and Locked Position': 7 (sometimes sobering) facts about air travel

From the facts about airline food to the truth about why bags get lost, writer and former FAA chief counsel Mark Gerchick takes a hard look at traveling by plane in "Full Upright and Locked Position."

Planes collide in Arizona, four fatalities (+video)

Plane makes belly landing at Newark airport (+video)

Drones are cheaper and more powerful. In US, that's a problem, lawmakers told

Two airplanes clip each other, no injuries (+video)

Did someone fire missiles at a Russian jetliner flying over Syria?

Plane crashes near L.A. after mid-air collision (+video)

USA Update Obama adds cabinet diversity by picking Anthony Foxx for Transportation

Lawmakers cancel FAA furloughs, flee Washington – by air

The New Economy Economy picks up, but still disappoints (+video)

Before members rush for airports, Congress ends sequester flight delays

USA Update Flight delays coming to an end? House votes next on FAA furloughs.

Irked by airport delays, Senators ease FAA furloughs

John McCain: focus on flight delays shows 'upside down' sequester concerns

Flight delayed? Republicans blame FAA, and FAA blames 'sequester.' (+video)

Fireballs! 'Tis the season for massive meteors.

Will flight delays stir up ire against sequester?

FAA furloughs staff: Sequest-Air has landed, and flights are late

American Airlines computer glitch grounds flights nationwide

Boston bombing: Obama says culprits will feel 'weight of justice'

Boston Marathon bombings: What could the motives have been?

Six things Obama's budget plan reveals about his priorities

Spaceflight conference: No NASA reps, but Sigourney Weaver is there

USA Update Dreamliner completes crucial test flight. How big a deal?

Boeing: Two weeks to wrap up 787 battery tests