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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Airline close calls have been happening multiple times per week, report finds

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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.
Close-call incidents are often the result of human error, such as mistakes made by air traffic controllers and pilots, a New York Times investigation found.

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