Inside the 1990 Detroit runway collision involving Northwest Flight 1482 and Flight 299, and the safety lessons that reshaped ...

When a passenger jet roaring down the runway toward takeoff at New York’s LaGuardia Airport had to slam on the brakes earlier this month because another plane was still on the runway, Renee Hoffer and ...

An Alaska Airlines jet taking off in Nashville braked to a rapid stop on the runway to avoid a possible collision Thursday with a Southwest Airlines plane, and federal agencies are investigating the ...

While flying remains one of the safest forms of transportation, the U.S. aviation system has come under renewed scrutiny in recent years. In January 2025, a mid-air collision over the Potomac River¹ ...

Planes Runway Collision FILE - A man waits for a Delta Airlines flight at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Charlie ...

In the shadow of high-profile near misses and this year’s fatal midair collision over the Potomac River, U.S. aviation is in flux: ambitious hiring targets, too few instructors, and a planned ...