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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A horse broke loose in a cargo plane, forcing the pilots to dump fuel and return to JFK

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The horse was being transported on a Boeing 747 cargo plane.

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A United Airlines flight was diverted to San Francisco after a passenger made a bomb threat, official says

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A United Airlines plane is seen taxiing on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in Orlando. United Airlines asked the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a nationwide ground stop today after a computer software update caused a widespread slowdown in United's technology systems.

A commercial plane took off with 2 missing windows and reached 10,000 feet before anyone realized there was a problem

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An Airbus A321, left, and a view of the damaged left-side cabin window, right, in a composite image.
An Airbus A321, left, and a view of the damaged left-side cabin window, right, in a composite image.

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United Airlines just made their boarding process faster. But an astrophysicist says there's still a quicker way.

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A United Airlines plane on tarmac.
United Airlines is introducing a new system for boarding passengers.

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Boeing's now lost more than $2 billion on the new Air Force One planes – and has Donald Trump to blame

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Air Force One.
Boeing is building two new planes to replace the existing Air Force One fleet.

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An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to turn off the plane's engines during a flight is now facing dozens of attempted murder charges

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An Alaska Airlines plane in flight.
Alaska Airlines Airbus A320-214 in flight.

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An Alaska Airlines jet had to dodge a SkyWest flight near an Oregon airport. Near-misses are surprisingly common.

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An Alaska Airlines flight.
An Alaska Airlines flight.

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Airbus just unveiled the private jet version of its smallest airliner, which is estimated to cost $100 million — see inside the plane

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The bedroom on the ACJ TwoTwenty.
ACJ TwoTwenty king bed.

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A Russian airline is planning to fly an Airbus A320 out of a wheat field where it made an emergency landing last month

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An Airbus A320 of Russia's Ural Airlines passenger plane, which made an emergency landing in a field while flying from Sochi to Omsk, is seen near the settlement of Kamenka in the Novosibirsk region, Russia, September 12, 2023
The Ural Airlines plane suffered a hydraulics failure in September.

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