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Key Takeaways:

  • Two separate aviation incidents resulted in multiple fatalities, including a Lion Air MD-82 crash in Indonesia and a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Texas.
  • A Pennsylvania pilot was sentenced to jail for flying drunk, with new legislation pending to address drunken flying.
  • A federal report criticized the FAA's enforcement of hazardous-materials handling on airlines, despite a recent poll indicating 77% public approval for the FAA.
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At least 31 died in Indonesia on Tuesday when a Lion Air MD-82 skidded off the runway while trying to land in heavy rain…

Seven soldiers died in the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter near Fort Hood, Texas, on Monday. The helicopter hit wires supporting a television transmission tower, which was unlit, in foggy conditions…

A Pennsylvania pilot will get six months in jail for flying drunk, on a reckless endangerment charge. New legislation now pending would make drunken flying a crime…

A federal report this week critiqued the FAA’s enforcement of hazardous-materials handling on airlines

A new Harris poll says 77 percent of the U.S. public thinks the FAA is doing a good job, the FAA said Tuesday.

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