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Exhausted air traffic controllers are making more mistakes on the job amid a stretched workforce doing 10-hour workdays and 6-day workweeks, report says

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Some air traffic controllers who've endured 6-day workweeks and unrelenting schedules have turned to alcohol and drugs to avoid seeking professional help, report says

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See inside a test Boeing 737 MAX 10, the heavily modified variant that has been bought by carriers like United and hopes to enter service in 2024

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The entire fuselage of the 737 MAX 10.

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Lawmakers in Congress can't work together — and aviation experts say it's making it harder to keep the skies safe

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: A United Airlines lands as the other planes are taxiing to take-off at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022.
Aviation experts said the current level of safety is "unsustainable."

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Google cofounder Sergey Brin's secretive 'air yachts' have been approved for flight

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Sergey Brin's secretive airship company, LTA Research, recently received clearance for its massive Pathfinder 1 to take the skies at heights of up to 1,500 feet.

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I'm a former air traffic controller and I'm not alarmed by the recent number of close call collisions. Passengers shouldn't be either — here's why.

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An aircraft flying past a control tower and a headshot of Kevin Karpé.
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Side-by-side photos show 4 major changes made to SpaceX's Starship rocket system after its first launch ended in an explosion

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Side by side annotated image show Starship on its launchpad in April and September. Arrows and circle highlight two changes that have been made to the rocket since it last blew up.
Annotated images shows two of SpaceX biggest changes to its Starship mega-rocket, adding a vent between the stages and a flooding system to the launch pad.

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Federal authorities have been probing roughly 5,000 pilots suspected of withholding major health issues that could imperil their ability to fly safely, report says

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A pilot in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Veterans Affairs investigators discovered that thousands of American pilots may have falsified their medical history.

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Dangerously close near-miss incidents across the US are a wakeup call to the aviation industry

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An American Airlines Boeing 777 at LAX.
A New York Times investigation found near-miss incidents are happening more regularly around the US than the public initially thought.

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Authorities want to 'aggressively' crack down on unruly airline passengers after a spate of bad behavior, including a hoax bomb threat sent via AirDrop

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Passengers standing in the aisle of an American Airlines plane while other passengers watch videos on TV screens.
Plane passengers standing in the aisle while inflight.

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