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#1 Cessna Jet Tied to Nascar Driver Greg Biffle Crashes in North Carolina

Dec 19 2025 // Former Nascar driver Greg Biffle and his family are believed to have died when their Cessna Citation corporate jet crashed just minutes after taking off from a regional airport in North Carolina.“Although the...

#2 Airline Pilots Hide Mental Health Struggles to Keep Flying

Dec 3 2025 // Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, terrified that getting treatment for...

#3 Engine Failure Forces United Airlines Flight to Return to Dulles Airport

Dec 15 2025 // A United Airlines light bound for Tokyo was forced to return to Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia on Saturday afternoon after experiencing an engine failure during departure, the Federal Aviation...

#4 People Movers Still in Use at Dulles Airport Despite Recent Crashes

Dec 4 2025 // People movers will continue darting across Dulles International Airport for years to come, despite recent incidents that have revived safety questions for passengers who use them.At the Nov. 19 meeting of the Metropolitan...

#5 Airbus Says Quality Lapses on A320 Panels Need Inspection

Dec 2 2025 // Airbus SE suffered a one-two punch on its popular A320 airliner after revealing a quality issue on some fuselage panels — just days after a software glitch on about 6,000 jets required emergency upgrades.“Airbus is...

#6 Air France, Airbus Dispute Pilot Roles in Rio-Paris Crash

Dec 1 2025 // Air France and Airbus clashed over the role of pilots in a mid-Atlantic crash that killed 228 passengers and crew more than 16 years ago as the two companies fought corporate manslaughter charges at the climax of an...

#7 Beijing Court Orders Malaysia Airlines to Pay Damages to Families of MH370 Victims

Dec 10 2025 // A Beijing court has ruled Malaysia Airlines must pay 2.9 million yuan ($410,000) each to the families of eight passengers who went missing in the disappearance of Flight 370 more than a decade ago.The court ordered the...

#8 Cold Weather Flights: Best Practices from Lessons Learned

Dec 15 2025 // Most aviation accidents are due to human error. An estimated 69% of general aviation non-commercial fixed-wing aircraft accidents in 2021 were caused by pilot mistakes. The right winter preparation, though, can help you...