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Environmentalists to file lawsuit over Illinois' Bell Bowl Prairie, home to the endangered rusty patched bumblebee

CHICAGO — The fight to preserve Bell Bowl Prairie in Rockford, Illinois, where federally endangered rusty patched bumblebees have been found, ramped up this week, with environmentalists saying they intend to return to federal court.

Chicago Tribune

Delta partner Virgin Atlantic fined for flights over Iraqi airspace

Virgin Atlantic faces a $1 million fine from the U.S. government for flying through Iraqi airspace when that was prohibited by the Federal Aviation Administration because of heightened fears of conflict.

Tribune News Service

Air traffic control yells 's***' as fatal plane crash avoided at last moment

An air traffic controller swore before urging the pilots of an American Airlines and a Delta plane to stop before they crash on each other, in a close call at New York's JFK airport

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Investigation after near collision of two planes at New York’s JFK airport

Federal Aviation Administration looks into close call on Friday evening between American Airlines and Delta aircrafts

The Guardian - US

Kennedy Airport jetliner aborts takeoff to avoid another jet crossing runway, FAA says; agency investigating

NEW YORK — An airliner departing Kennedy Airport aborted its takeoff when another jet crossed the runway in front of it, the Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday.

Tribune News Service

Aviation leaders call for more funds for the FAA after this week's system failure

This week's NOTAM system failure, which caused thousands of flight delays and cancelations, has airline industry leaders calling for more stable funding to upgrade antiquated FAA systems.

WEKU

UK officials to oversee investigation into Virgin Orbit mission failure

The Space Accident Investigation Authority said it will work alongside the USA’s Federal Aviation Administration.

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US flight disruption: FAA computer failure caused by people who damaged data file

WASHINGTON: The computer failure that prompted a halt of all US flight departures was caused when a data file was damaged as a result of a failure to follow government procedures, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.

The Times of India

FAA computer failure caused by people who damaged data file

WASHINGTON — The computer failure that prompted a halt of all U.S. flight departures was caused when a data file was damaged as a result of a failure to follow government procedures, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Here's the latest on the NOTAM outage that caused flight delays and cancellations

The Federal Aviation Administration said late Wednesday that early work traced the blackout to a "damaged database file."

WEKU

Editorial: Another near miss for the nation's tattered transportation infrastructure

Perhaps not since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have the spacious skies over America been as empty as they were Wednesday morning when the Federal Aviation Administration ordered all domestic flights grounded over a computer malfunction. The cause wasn’t immediately identified, but this is the second time in two weeks…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

FAA links computer outage to procedural error as U.S. flights return to normal

A computer outage that grounded flights nationally on Wednesday and disrupted more than 11,000 flights was caused by a procedural error related to a data file, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday as U.S. airline operations returned to normal.

Reuters

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Travelers stand in the departures hall of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Wednesday. A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the US, with thousands of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

The Times of India

Flights grounded across US after FAA system Failure

A computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration brought flights to a standstill across the US, with hundreds of delays quickly cascading through the system at airports nationwide.

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Explainer-Why U.S. flights were grounded by a FAA system outage

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allowed some flights to resume after an outage of the system that alerts pilots to any obstructions before take-off had earlier forced the civil aviation regulator to ground all aircraft in the United States.

The Independent UK

FAA system outage causes chaos with thousands of flight delays: ‘Haven’t seen a ground stop like this since 9/11’

‘Plane is 80 per cent empty as presumably many people bailed when they saw the news’

Tribune News Service

US halts flights nationwide after key FAA system goes down

U.S. aviation authorities halted flights nationwide early Wednesday after the failure of a key pilot notification system operated by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Radio France Internationale

Paris flights to North America delayed as US aviation safety system crashes: Update

Paris' international airports have experienced flight delays due to a US Federal Aviation Administration system failure that has affected international flights into North America. Latest reports say air traffic to the US is slowly returning to normal.

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US flights resume after nationwide grounding

Flight departures began resuming early Wednesday across the United States after an overnight outage to a key air-traffic system prompted authorities to ground all planes nationwide.

Chicago Sun-Times

O’Hare, Midway passengers delayed hours by FAA computer outage

Nationwide, more than 1,000 flights were canceled, and more than 6,000 were delayed by 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.

Reuters

Airlines hope for return to normal Thursday after FAA outage snarls U.S. travel

The U.S. aviation sector was struggling to return to normal on Wednesday after a nationwide ground stop imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a computer issue that forced a 90-minute halt to all U.S. departing flights.

The Independent UK

Flight delays in US after FAA computer outage

Flights are being delayed at multiple locations across the United States after a computer outage at the Federal Aviation Administration

Evening Standard

US flights chaos: Grounding order lifted after computer outage halts take-offs across America

More than 3,700 flights were delayed and more than 640 were cancelled earlier in the day

Daily Mirror

What to do if your US flights are affected as hundreds grounded in new chaos

Passengers on planes across the US have found themselves stuck on the tarmac for hours after the Federal Aviation Administration reportedly suffered a nationwide system error

Dynamite News

International: 36 Passengers Injured After Turbulence Hits Flight To Hawaii

At least 11 people were injured when a Honolulu-bound Hawaiian Airlines flight hit turbulence about 30 minutes before landing, Hawaii News Now reported. Read on for details:

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