The head of a federal agency investigating the near-collision at Midway Airport between a Southwest plane and a business jet has said the business jet pilot appeared to fail to follow instructions. “We don’t believe that this was an air traffic control issue,” said Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, in an […]
State Rep. Kambium “Kam” Buckner called on Metra to release the findings of an internal investigation, expressing his “deep disappointment” in the rail agency’s decision to withhold the results of the work of an outside law firm. “At a time when fiscal constraints require us to scrutinize (transit) governance, operations and agency structures, this lack […]
FAA records describe a string of other runway incidents at Midway in the past two years.
A Metra train heading a pedestrian near the Main Street Railroad Crossing in Downers Grove Tuesday morning, according to Downers Grove officials.
Of the 5,100 public airports across the country, only about 10% have air traffic control towers staffed by people who direct the flow of traffic.
Metra hired a team of outside lawyers to conduct an internal investigation, but the outcome of the 2023 investigation remains shrouded.
A crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto has highlighted the potential dangers of flying with a young child on an adult’s lap.
Adding capacity to the Borman Expressway without adding lanes is no easy task, but the Indiana Department of Transportation is working on it.
The carrier will fly to nine new domestic and international cities from Chicago in 2025 and use larger planes, American announced Thursday.
President Donald Trump’s administration has said no one at the Federal Aviation Administration with a “critical safety” position has been fired as it cuts the federal workforce, but some FAA jobs that were eliminated had direct roles in supporting safety inspectors and airport operations, according to their union and former employees.