Joan Lowy

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Nation’s travel security chief Pistole to retire

Joan Lowy · October 16, 2014 9:43 pm

FILE - In this April 13, 2014 file-pool photo, taken from the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-3K2-Orion aircraft, co-pilot Squadron Leader Brett McKenzie looks out of a window while searching for debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia. The world's two largest commercial aircraft manufacturers are at odds over equipping airliners with black boxes that eject in the event of a crash, making them easier to find. Questions about whether airliners should be equipped with deployable black boxes arose after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared in March. The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board still has not been found. (AP Photo/Greg Wood, File-Pool)

Boeing, Airbus at odds over black boxes that eject

Joan Lowy · October 7, 2014 9:06 pm

This March 6, 2014, image provided by AAA Foundation via DanCampbellPhotography.com shows driver during the Cognitive Distraction Phase II testing in Salt Lake City. Two new studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse. (AP Photo/DanCampbellPhotographer.com via AAA Foundation)

The dangers of talking to your car

Joan Lowy · October 7, 2014 5:15 pm

This March 6, 2014 image provided by AAA Foundation via DanCampbellPhotography.com shows a driver during the Cognitive Distraction Phase II testing in Salt Lake City. Two new studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse. (AP Photo/DanCampbellPhotographer.com via AAA Foundation)

New studies point out dangers of ‘talking’ to car

Joan Lowy · October 7, 2014 7:09 am

FILE - In this July 6, 2013 file photo, smoke rises from railway cars carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec. American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard said Tuesday that the oil and railroad industries are urging federal regulators to allow them as long as seven years to retrofit existing tank cars that transport highly volatile crude oil. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson, File)

Oil, rail industries want 7 years to fix tank cars

Joan Lowy · September 30, 2014 8:53 pm

FAA orders review in Chicago air traffic snarl

FAA orders review in Chicago air traffic snarl

Joan Lowy · September 29, 2014 3:54 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pistole says hardened jihadists in Syria known as the Khorasan group represent "a clear and present danger" to passenger and cargo airline flights to the United States and Europe. Pistole says the purpose of U.S. military air strikes earlier this week that targeted the group was to disrupt an "imminent attack or attack entering the last phases of execution." (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

US official says Khorasan Group threat to aviation

Joan Lowy · September 26, 2014 10:42 pm

FAA expected to approve drones for movie-making

FAA expected to approve drones for movie-making

Joan Lowy · September 25, 2014 2:06 am

Drones left out of air traffic plans

Joan Lowy · September 24, 2014 10:11 pm

College Park Airport senior operations specialist Langston Majette is photographed overlooking planes and a runway at the College Park Airport in College Park , Md., Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Long the bane of gardeners and unwary motorists, soaring deer populations are also nuisances for airports and threats to pilots, especially at this time of year, according to aviation and wildlife experts. College Park Airport is a smaller airport struggling to keep deer out. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Deer are pests for airports, threats to pilots

Joan Lowy · September 24, 2014 9:37 pm

Senators chide freight railroads on delays

Senators chide freight railroads on delays

Joan Lowy · September 10, 2014 10:07 pm

Acting National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Christopher Hart speaks during a hearing at the NTSB in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Tests of pilots killed in plane crashes over more than two decades show an increasing use of both legal and illegal drugs, including some that could impair flying, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Hart said the board "is concerned about possible safety implications of increased drug use in all modes of transportation." He called the report "an important first step toward understanding those implications." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Study: More pilots testing positive for drugs

Joan Lowy · September 10, 2014 1:27 am