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Military helicopter crashes near Army Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington
“We have been advised that the military lost contact with a helicopter in the area,” the Thurston County sheriff’s office said
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Spirit Airlines flight warned to move away from Air Force One while flying over Long Island
"Pay attention. Get off the iPad," the controllers said to the Spirit pilots
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Transportation Dept expands number of schools that can offer air traffic control training program
Five schools have enrolled in the AT-CTI under the Trump administration so far, including Nashua Community College, the University of North Dakota and the Middle Georgia State College Eastman.
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American Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Washington after customer device emits smoke
Flight 357 was headed from Philadelphia to Phoenix when it landed safely at Washington's Dulles International Airport.
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Trump's hometown train station renovation could be first fruits of South Korean trade deal
The South Koreans are in talks to support a Penn Station overhaul project that would restore the historic facade and rebuild Madison Square Garden. The train station and "World's Most Famous Arena" are a stone's throw from Manhattan's "Koreatown."
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Fort McHenry channel to Port of Baltimore closed after explosion on ship
The 751-foot Sapphire, a ship carrying coal, sent out a radio call around 6:30 p.m. Monday evening, stating there had been an explosion on the vessel
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Air Canada, flight attendant union reach deal to end strike
Air Canada, the country's largest airline, said that flights would begin restarting Tuesday evening
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Travel nightmare: Air Canada strike grounds hundreds of flights, snarls airport traffic
Airline failed to reach a contract deal with the union representing flight attendants, prompting 10,000 to walk off the job.
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United Airlines experiences widespread system outage, causing hundreds of flight delays
The issue has since been resolved and flights have resumed, but the incident occurred just weeks after Alaska Airlines grounded all of its flights for about three hours due to an IT issue.
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Titan submersible implosion causing 5 deaths was 'preventable': Coast Guard investigation
Coast Guard investigators said that there were "multiple contributing factors" that led to the entirely "preventable" implosion of the Titan
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More than 3,000 Boeing fighter jet, munitions machinists go on strike
“Our union is built on democracy, and our members have every right to demand a contract worthy of their contributions,” IAM International President Brian Bryant said
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SpaceX takes four astronauts to International Space Station in 15-hour trip
The fresh crew includes NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos.
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Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merge to create first transcontinental railroad
The $85 billion agreement is expected to take years to be completed, a process that includes an application with the Surface Transportation Board within the next six months.