aviation

Education

GTCC, NC community colleges to boost aviation programming ahead of JetZero job creation

5:00am June 25, 2025

North Carolina's community colleges are strategizing about how to meet JetZero's workforce needs as the company plans to build a manufacturing plant in Greensboro.

National

Budget airline Avelo faces backlash for signing up to fly deportation flights for ICE

3:08pm April 30, 2025

Facing financial headwinds, budget carrier Avelo Airlines struck a deal to operate deportation flights for ICE. Now it's dealing with angry customers and politicians at its hub in Connecticut.

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Students at one of North Carolina's ACE Academies gather around an airplane at

NCDOT awards grants for local youth aviation academies

5:00am March 25, 2025

by Jacob Hancock-Hernández

The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation is awarding grants to 12 airports across the state.

National

Map: A look at helicopter traffic patterns over D.C.

7:03pm January 31, 2025

The airspace above Reagan National Airport, where a commercial plane collided with an Army helicopter this week, has become increasingly congested with air traffic, including helicopters.

American Airlines Plane And Black Hawk Helicopter Crash Near Reagan National Airport

National

Map: See the aircraft's paths before they collided near Washington, D.C.

5:15pm January 30, 2025

Investigators say there are likely no survivors in the deadly aircraft collision that occurred Wednesday evening above the icy waters of the Potomac river.

2 bodies found in JetBlue plane's landing gear compartment at a Florida airport

11:22am January 07, 2025

The bodies were located in the wheel well area at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. It's the second time over the past month that a body has been found in the wheel well of an airplane.

Delta apologizes — again — after another stowaway boards a flight without ticket

2:08pm December 27, 2024

The incident marks the second time in less than a month that an unticketed passenger was discovered on a Delta Air Lines flight, this time en route to Hawaii.

Volunteers load a small plane with supplies

Health & Safety

Private pilots self-organize to deliver emergency supplies to western North Carolina

2:39pm October 10, 2024

by April Laissle

In the days after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, private pilots sprung into action, performing both search and rescue and supply drop missions in hard-hit areas.

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Osprey crash was caused by pilot's decision to keep flying with cracks in a gear

4:09am August 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

The crash last November off the coast of Japan killed eight. The Air Force said the pilot decided to keep flying rather than heed multiple warnings that he should land.

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National

At the factory that builds the 737 Max, Boeing rethinks how it trains new hires

5:39am June 27, 2024

by Joel Rose

Troubled plane maker Boeing is changing how it trains new recruits at the factory near Seattle where it assembles the 737 Max, part of a broader effort to improve quality after a midair blowout.