Tag: Air Travel

Nepalese army soldiers prepare to leave for a rescue mission to the site where the suspected wreckage of a U.S. Marine helicopter, that disappeared earlier this week while on a relief mission in the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation, was spotted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Three bodies found near crashed U.S. chopper in Nepal

Kelly Cohen · May 15, 2015 4:48 pm

Judicial Watch: TSA pat downs at 3 airports ‘violated,’ ‘humiliated’ passengers

Paul Bedard · May 12, 2015 3:27 pm

A majority of Americans support drone strikes on terrorist organizations abroad. (AP Photo)

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Poll: Americans support drone strikes on terrorists

Kelly Cohen · May 1, 2015 12:14 pm

A bomb disposal robot is used to inspect a small gyro helicopter on the West Lawn of the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Agencies knew about gyrocopter flight to Capitol

Tara Copp · April 29, 2015 3:46 pm

In Harm’s Way?

Geoffrey Norman · April 21, 2015 3:51 pm

Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., will pilot the TBM Avenger, a lethal World War II Navy dive-bomber, during a historic flyover on the National Mall May 8th. (Photographer: Wesley Shaw)

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Pilots prepare for historic WWII flyover of Mall

Tara Copp · April 18, 2015 9:00 am

Commercial airline customers could find flight schedules severely disrupted if hackers play havoc with a new Federal Aviation Administration control system. (AP Photo)

Airliners subject to cyberattacks that could crash navigation systems

Ethan Barton · April 17, 2015 7:38 pm

(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Report: Newer airplanes vulnerable to system hackings

Kelly Cohen · April 15, 2015 12:05 pm

In this Thursday March 26, 2015 file photo, rescue workers inspect the debris from the Germanwings jet at the crash site near Seyne-les-Alpes, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

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Pilot sought treatment for vision issues before crash

Ethan Barton · March 28, 2015 4:16 pm

Many run-of-the-mill flyers may be raising red flags without knowing, according to the Transportation Security Administration's controversial Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program. (AP Photo)

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TSA: Ordinary passenger behavior a sign of terrorism

Kelly Cohen · March 27, 2015 6:44 pm

A stele and flowers laid in memory of the victims are placed in the area where the Germanwings jetliner crashed in the French Alps. (AP Photo)Â

Airlines to re-examine cockpit safety, pilot health issues

Sean Higgins · March 27, 2015 4:13 pm

Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, center, with Gen. David Galtier, right,holds a press conference in Marseille, southern France, Thursday March 26, 2015. Robin said the co-pilot was alone at the controls of the Germanwings flight that slammed into an Alpine mountainside and "intentionally" sent the plane into the doomed descent, killing 150 people. (AP Photo)

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FAA requires door locks that figured into German crash

Sean Higgins · March 26, 2015 10:16 pm