federal aviation administration
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It’s Now Harder to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet
Swift voiced her concern over people tracking her jet earlier this year.
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10 Reasons People Are Now Scared to Fly on Boeing Planes
The world got an uncomfortable reminder about the need to scrutinize air travel last January when a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight 16,000 feet over Portland, OR. The culprit was a Boeing 737, and in the days that followed, it was soon clear that catastrophic failure wasn’t a freak accident but the…
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You Don’t Need to Use Airplane Mode on Airplanes
Putting your phone in airplane mode when boarding a flight feels like common sense. You wouldn’t be crazy for thinking your phone signal could interfere with an airplane’s navigation systems, potentially causing a disaster. However, the necessity of airplane mode is largely a myth, and there’s another reason airlines are asking you to turn your…
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Blue Origin Finally Ready to Launch New Shepard Rocket After Last Year’s Fiery Anomaly
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ private space venture, is ready to fly its New Shepard rocket again after over a year of being grounded. The company this week announced the rocket’s first cargo mission since its booster went up in flames in a liftoff malfunction back in September 2022. On Tuesday, Blue Origin revealed that it’s…