The legal onslaught on Moscow’s second-largest airport has been seen as part of the Kremlin’s wartime drive to seize control of key assets still in private hands.
La aerolínea dijo que había comunicado a los 76 pasajeros que viajaban en el avión que la oferta se hacía “sin condiciones”.
Una serie de sucesos inusuales en los últimos dos meses ha suscitado preocupación por la seguridad aérea. Hemos consultado a varios expertos para saber más.
We want to hear your perspective on the circumstances that led to the Jan. 29 midair collision near Reagan National Airport, and on air safety and regulation in general. What works and what does not?
A spate of airplane crashes has raised travelers’ anxieties about flying. Experts say aviation remains comparatively less risky than other forms of transport and offer tips for staying safer.
Los sucesos, que se siguen investigando, han generado críticas a los reguladores de la aviación estadounidense.
The filings over the collision of an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter last month appear to be the first such claim and signal the start of a long legal fight.
Se espera que las 80 personas a bordo sobrevivan. Dos pasajeros describieron cómo un descenso rutinario de pronto los puso de cabeza.
Two major storms had blanketed the region for days, causing flight delays and cancellations. Two of Pearson airport’s five runways remained closed after the crash.
The accidents, which remain under investigation, have prompted criticism of U.S. aviation regulators.
Nueve personas resultaron heridas, dijeron las autoridades. Dos pasajeros, entre ellos un paciente pediátrico, se encontraban en estado crítico, pero se esperaba que sobrevivieran.
Investigators said that an air traffic controller had instructed the Black Hawk crew to pass behind a nearby passenger jet, but that information might have got lost.
Concerns that a deadly collision could occur at Reagan National Airport had long been building. But attempts to draw attention to potentially dangerous conditions sometimes went unheeded.
The agency in charge of air travel safety is facing criticism and demands for change after a yearslong streak of no major commercial jet accidents ended in catastrophe.
Los vuelos, que salieron de Fort Bliss, en Texas, representan una importante victoria para el presidente Trump, quien ha prometido llevar a cabo deportaciones generalizadas.
The man broke the window’s inner pane and plastic frame before being subdued on a Frontier Airlines flight on Tuesday. The F.B.I. is investigating.
La aeronave Cessna, operada por Bering Air, desapareció del radar y perdió el contacto por radio minutos antes de su aterrizaje previsto en Nome.
Seis personas que se encontraban en tierra también resultaron heridas por la pequeña aeronave, parte de la cual chocó con un autobús que circulaba por una calle en São Paulo cuando se desplomó.
The insects were most likely intended for exotic insect collections, according to customs officials, who say the illegal pet trade is flourishing.
Senator Ted Cruz, the chairman of the committee with oversight of transportation, said there was no compelling reason for the technology not to have been in use when the helicopter collided with a commercial jet over the Potomac River.
The pilots of the American Airlines regional jet in the Washington airport collision acted as expected, aviation safety experts and other pilots said.
His announcement comes after an outage last week to the primary system that provides pilots safety alerts in real time.
No one was injured, but a passenger on one of the planes described “violent shaking” and a “really loud crunching sound.”
The Army helicopter that collided with a passenger plane above the Potomac River boasted an experienced crew doing “an unforgiving job.” Friends and relatives are still baffled and mourning their loss.
Muchos de los factores que tuvieron parte en la catástrofe todavía están siendo descubiertos. Los investigadores siguen intentando reconstruir la colisión en la que murieron 67 personas.
A 3-D model created by The Times visualizes the helicopter pilots’ field of view minutes before a fatal crash with a jet in Washington.
The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors before the helicopter’s midair crash with a regional passenger jet.
A pilot retrieved a gun and disarmed the suspect before officers arrived at the regional airport in Texarkana, Ark.
Officials in Washington said they had recovered 67 sets of remains. There were 64 people on the jet, and three crew members on the Army helicopter that collided with it.
They were from all over — Kansas, Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area, and as far away as the Philippines.
Investigators have yet to determine whether the crew of an Army helicopter was wearing the devices when the Black Hawk crashed into a civilian airliner last week.
Salvage workers removed an engine and the fuselage of the passenger jet that crashed into the river last week after colliding with a U.S. Army helicopter.
President Trump has promised a “colorblind and merit-based” society, while also equating diversity with incompetence.
Remains of 55 of the 67 victims have been recovered, officials said on Sunday as they prepared to lift the wreckage of the jet out of the Potomac River on Monday.
A video on social media showed smoke and flames coming from one of the engines of a United Airlines flight headed for LaGuardia Airport in New York.
The vice president and transportation secretary claimed that diversity hiring efforts had affected staffing levels among air traffic controllers, but there is no evidence that such efforts played a role in the crash.
Transportation safety investigators are seeking to determine if the pilots of the American Airlines plane detected danger just before the midair crash with a helicopter.
El Learjet, que transportaba a una paciente pediátrica y a otras 5 personas, se estrelló cerca de un centro comercial. En tierra murió una persona y al menos otras 19 resultaron heridas, dijeron las autoridades.
Kaiyan Mao and Yu Zhou “were always there” as their son pursued his figure skating dreams. On Wednesday, the family flew together from Wichita to Washington.
Planes assigned to land at Reagan’s Runway 33 must fly just above a route that is busy with helicopters.
Internal government reports and public databases highlight several instances in which planes narrowly escaped collisions with each other or helicopters.
As investigators continue to try to determine the cause of Wednesday’s plane collision in Washington, D.C., control tower audio from Reagan National Airport reveals a history of safety issues, airspace congestion and near misses.
Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington.
A database of aviation safety issues details two startling incidents, one in 2024 and one in 2022.
Understaffing, poor working conditions and outdated technology have for years strained the system that keeps planes from crashing into each other.
La catástrofe parece confirmar lo que pilotos, controladores aéreos y expertos en seguridad advirtieron desde hace años: las crecientes brechas en el sistema de aviación podrían provocar un accidente mortal.
Readers are horrified that the president used the tragedy to attack diversity policies. Also: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination testimony.
Entre las 67 personas que murieron había patinadores artísticos y sus familias, un grupo de amigos que habían ido a cazar patos y las tripulaciones del helicóptero y del vuelo de American Airlines.
The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent federal agency tasked with examining serious transport-related accidents.
Clues emerging from the moments before an Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet suggest breakdowns in the system meant to help aircraft land safely at the busy Reagan National Airport.
Cory Haynos was among several budding figure-skating stars who died in the plane crash near Reagan National Airport.
The audio indicates that air traffic controllers tried to warn the Army helicopter about a nearby Canadair Regional Jet.
World-class figure skaters, hunting buddies and flight crews were among those who perished.
In a briefing that recalled his most extreme first term remarks, President Trump said without any evidence that diversity initiatives caused the midair collision.
The service is often responsible for ferrying lawmakers and other V.I.P.’s across the area, and near Reagan National Airport.
El avión tenía permiso para aterrizar en la pista principal del aeropuerto nacional Reagan. Pero en los momentos finales del vuelo, el control de tráfico aéreo pidió al piloto que aterrizara en otra pista que se cruzaba con la principal.
Among those seeking comfort in the close-knit skating community were two Olympians, Nancy Kerrigan and Dr. Tenley Albright, and a former national champion, Paul George.
The terminals were nearly empty as morning began, but they came to life by early afternoon.
Both the captain, Jonathan J. Campos, 34, and the co-pilot, Sam Lilley, 28, had been flying for years, according to family and friends.
Some who saw the collision were still in disbelief.
Lawmakers repeatedly added flights despite fears of delays and accidents.
Las declaraciones, que insinúan que la diversidad en la contratación y otras políticas de Biden causaron de algún modo el desastre, reflejaron su instinto de enmarcar los grandes sucesos a través de su lente político o ideológico.
A Boston skating club confirmed that Yevgeniya Shishkova, 52, and Vadim Naumov, 55, were on the plane that crashed after colliding with a military helicopter.
The plane had been cleared to land on Reagan National Airport’s main runway. But in the final moments of the flight, air traffic control asked the pilot to land on a separate, intersecting runway.
President Trump’s remarks, suggesting that diversity in hiring and other Biden administration policies somehow caused the disaster, reflected his instinct to immediately frame major events through his political or ideological lens.
A commercial jet carrying 64 people and an Army helicopter with a three-member crew onboard collided in midair on Wednesday near Washington, D.C. Officials said at a news conference on Thursday morning that no one had survived the crash.
He aquí cómo se desarrolló la colisión el miércoles por la noche.
Miembros de la comunidad estadounidense de patinaje artístico viajaban en el avión comercial que chocó con un helicóptero militar en las afueras de Washington. Regresaban de un campamento de patinaje en Kansas.
Here is a look at how the crash unfolded on Wednesday night.
An American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter plunged into the Potomac River after a midair collision Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.
El vuelo 5342 de American Eagle se precipitó en el río Potomac tras colisionar con un helicóptero del ejército cuando se aproximaba al aeropuerto nacional Reagan.
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Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter outside Washington. They were returning from a training camp in Kansas.
An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kan., plunged into the Potomac River after colliding with an Army aircraft.
Chesley B. Sullenberger III said though flying was safer than ever, Wednesday’s crash showed the need for constant vigilance and learning from past errors.
Sixty-seven people were believed to have died after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River.
A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in a snowstorm.
People paused to observe the scene from the airport and from cars along a highway next to the river.
Officials said the plane went down in the river near Reagan Airport. The airport said emergency crews were responding to an “aircraft incident.”
El vuelo que llegó de Estados Unidos a Brasil con personas deportadas tuvo múltiples problemas técnicos y los pasajeros hombres viajaron esposados y con grilletes.
El incendio se detectó en la parte trasera de la cabina, dijeron las autoridades. Las 176 personas a bordo, entre pasajeros y miembros de la tripulación, fueron evacuadas, algunas con heridas leves.
Ms. Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, was briefly subject to special scrutiny on airline flights last year, but not, officials say, for the partisan reasons she has alleged.
El presidente Gustavo Petro dijo en X que Estados Unidos no debe tratar a los migrantes como delincuentes y que necesita establecer un protocolo digno antes de que su país permita su regreso.
Los casos de COVID-19 en EE. UU.están en niveles muy altos y faltan semanas para que lleguen las nuevas vacunas, así que pedimos consejo a los expertos sobre cuándo y dónde llevar protección.
With U.S. Covid-19 cases at very high levels and new vaccines still several weeks away, we asked experts for their advice on when and where to wear a mask.
Sus empleados afirmaron que las dificultades de la empresa que fabrica aviones no son nuevas, pero que se agravaron durante la pandemia, cuando perdió a miles de sus trabajadores más experimentados.
Las aerolíneas están comenzando a ofrecer precios de rebaja, una señal de que tienen problemas para llenar los aviones.
Pandemic lockdowns, on the heels of the turmoil of pro-democracy protests, hurt an airline that relied on Hong Kong as a vibrant gateway to Asia.
The money is intended to reduce “incursions,” in which planes, vehicles and people mistakenly obstruct runways, and it will be used on infrastructure improvements.
When Russia closed its airspace, it upended the decades-long strategy for making Finland a European travel hub to and from the East.
The cap was initially expected to end in September. Heathrow said fewer cancellations and shorter waits for luggage meant it could remove the limit.
The pandemic upended careers in Hong Kong and around the world, forcing or inspiring people to make radical changes in their lives.
After two years of pandemic-enforced staycations, demand for travel has come roaring back in Europe, and airports are finding it impossible to keep up.
The country’s mandatory testing program was paused last month as the government worked to shift the testing out of Canada’s busy airport terminals.
A new report exposes the outdated data collection methods still relied on by the public health agency.
Across Europe, airport and other transport employees are striking, disrupting summer travel plans to demand better staffing and pay.
Across Europe, airport and other transport employees are striking, disrupting summer travel plans to demand better staffing and pay.
Going into the Fourth of July weekend, with nearly 13 million people expected to fly on U.S. carriers, we look at the numbers behind the delays and cancellations and see what lessons can be learned.
Hours in security lines. Canceled flights. Lost baggage. Here’s a look at how you could be affected by travel disruptions this summer and tips on how to prepare.
In a move hailed by the travel industry, starting Sunday morning passengers will be able to board flights to the U.S. without a negative coronavirus test.
Entering the United States by air requires a negative coronavirus test. Some people who can’t provide one are using a workaround: flying to Canada or Mexico, then entering via a land border.
This is likely to be one of the busiest travel periods since the start of the pandemic.