A Ground Stop was issued at Chicago's O'Hare airport Wednesday afternoon after a fire alarm went off in an air traffic control tower, the FAA said.
A Chicago woman says she couldn't go on a Caribbean cruise because the FAA issued a no-fly mandate in parts of the Caribbean because of tensions in Venezuelae. She says neither the cruise line nor her insurance would reimburse her money.
A federal worker was arrested after he allegedly threatened to harm the president and used a work computer to research his plans, prosecutors said.
A plane landing at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport strayed into the flight path of a jet landing on a parallel runway, causing collision alarms to sound and forcing pilots to take evasive action.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it's investigating an extremely close call between two Southwest Airlines flights at Nashville International Airport.
The shortage of air traffic controllers was highlighted during the recent government shutdown. There are efforts in the Chicago area to bring in new air traffic controllers.