The FBI operates a fleet of low-flying aircraft equipped with video and cellphone surveillance technology that generally gather information without judicial approval, according to an investigative report.
A cybersecurity consultant who claims he hacked onto airline computer systems while on board as a passenger and once briefly controlled a plane is being investigated by the FBI.
Travelers so frequently forget items at airport security checkpoints that the federal Transportation Security Administration has a routine procedure for logging and holding lost property.
During the past year, a 63-year-old retired legal secretary with a penchant for spending time at airports—and, authorities fear, a yen for totally ticketless travel—has tested the resources of the…
A 63-year-old retired legal secretary who repeatedly made headlines within the last year as she was charged with airport-related trespasses and stowaway attempts in multiple states is back in the…
The Federal Aviation Administration regulates the type of coffee pots that can be used on planes, and requires ashtrays in or near lavatories, though smoking is now banned on flights.
The co-pilot who intentionally crashed a Germanwings plane into the French Alps last week, killing all 150 aboard, had researched suicide and cockpit door security beforehand, prosecutors say.
The co-pilot who intentionally crashed a Germanwings flight carrying 150 people into the French Alps on Tuesday had concealed a mental illness from his employer, authorities said Friday.
The crash of a Germanwings flight in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 people aboard, was no accident, a French prosecutor said at a Thursday news conference.
A retired legal secretary who reportedly tried to make her way onto multiple California airline flights without a ticket last year, resulting in multiple arrests, is now in Florida.
In the stiffest penalty yet imposed over passenger-filled airplanes stranded for hours on the tarmac during stormy weather, the U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday announced a fine of…
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