Tag: Air Travel

A Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen. The crash is still being investigated, the Defense Department said. (Minnesota Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jess Nemec/Released)

National Security

Military names the soldier missing after Yemen helicopter crash

Travis J. Tritten · August 31, 2017 2:24 pm

National Security

Flight restrictions lifted on Air Force F-35s at Arizona base

Travis J. Tritten · August 30, 2017 4:43 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks to workers at the Boeing Co. and in view of a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engine for a 787 jet, behind, in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

What it’s like to tour Boeing with House Speaker Paul Ryan

Joseph Lawler · August 28, 2017 9:30 am

In 2016, a total of 3,391 firearms were seized from airport passengers' carry-on bags. If this year's rate continues through December, TSA should expect to find 3,722 guns by the end of the year. A TSA officer looks over at a robot providing tips for passengers on getting through security faster during a pilot project July 11 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

TSA on track to seize record number of guns at checkpoints this year

Anna Giaritelli · August 27, 2017 4:01 am

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals deferred to Congress partly because the court contended Tuesday that many TSA employees are not law enforcement officers and therefore do not have training "on issues of probable cause, reasonable suspicion and other constitutional doctrines that govern law enforcement officers." (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

National Security

Appeals court defers to Congress on disciplining TSA agents in disputes with passengers

Ryan Lovelace · August 23, 2017 4:16 pm

During the 2012 election cycle, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., sold her private plane after it was revealed she and her husband failed to pay $320,000 in back taxes on the $2 million aircraft. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Beltway Confidential

The return of ‘Air Claire’ McCaskill

Emily Jashinsky · August 22, 2017 9:20 pm

The three state-owned Gulf carriers - Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways - have received over $50 billion in subsidies from their governments in the last decade, skewing the free market and putting American jobs at risk. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Gulf carrier cheaters threaten US aviation jobs

Andrea Newman · August 22, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Claire McCaskill thinks that owning a private jet is "normal." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill thinks ‘normal people can afford’ private planes

Philip Wegmann · August 21, 2017 5:40 pm

A popular European airline is calling for a two alcoholic drink limit to be introduced at British airports. They're doing so after the BBC published U.K. government statistics showing a 51 percent increase in airport arrests of intoxicated individuals. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

How Britain can fix its drunk flying problem

Tom Rogan · August 14, 2017 7:45 pm

Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)

National Security

2 dead in Virginia State Police helicopter crash near Charlottesville protests

Kyle Feldscher · August 12, 2017 10:26 pm

The Marine Corps said Friday that all its aircraft units are required to halt flights for 24 hours and have a refresher course on safe operations following two deadly crashes this summer. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

National Security

Marines to ground all aircraft for 24 hours after deadly crashes

Travis J. Tritten · August 11, 2017 7:01 pm

Passengers at a TSA pre-check line are directed to a different line to go through a security check-point at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Wash. TSA said July set a record for passenger screenings.
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Washington Secrets

Boom: Record 72 million through TSA airport checks in July

Paul Bedard · August 11, 2017 12:27 pm