WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano conceded Monday that the aviation security system failed when a young man on a watchlist with a U.S. visa in his pocket and a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight from Amsterdam to Detroit. ...more

December 29, 2009

U.S. commercial aviation achieved a record second consecutive year with no fatal accidents in 2008, and it was one of the safest years worldwide for air travel, the British aviation consulting firm Ascend said in its year-end report. ...more

January 14, 2009

U.S. commercial aviation achieved a record second consecutive year with no fatal accidents in 2008, while last year was one of the safest years worldwide for air travel, the British aviation consulting firm Ascend said in its year-end report. ...more

January 13, 2009

The government is opening some military airspace to ease airline congestion over Thanksgiving and Christmas, although the effort is likely to have only limited results, and if the weather's bad, all bets are off. ...more

November 19, 2008

Wi-Fi wireless Internet connectivity has become nearly ubiquitous. Whether you're at home, in a coffee shop, or even on some commercial airliners, you can get online with a Wi-Fi-equipped laptop, smart phone or portable game machine. ...more

November 17, 2008

Regarding "A Nuclear Bull's-Eye Is On Our Back" (Other Views, Aug. 26): Michael Totten erroneously states that the effect of a nuclear reactor attack by a wide-bodied aircraft would be "comparable" to that of a one-megaton nuclear blast. ...more

September 2, 2008

A United Airlines jetliner was coming in for a landing at the Las Vegas airport in 2006 when the tower radioed that a smaller plane was still crossing the runway. ...more

July 4, 2008

A Democrat and a Green Party candidate seek to snatch Republican Rep. Rob Schenck's state House seat. ...more

June 28, 2008

"Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11," by Lynn Spencer (Free Press, $26) ...more

June 8, 2008