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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Yahoo
Fmr. acting FAA chief: 'Air control system is safe,' but 'starting to see a little bit of cracks'
Former Acting Federal Aviation Administrator Billy Nolen joins Michele Norris to discuss what can be done about the air traffic control issues plaguing airports like Newark Liberty International. Staffing shortages and outdated technology there have lead to canceled flights and delays.
CNBC
14-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Not really any alternatives to cutting capacity at Newark Airport, says former acting FAA admin. Billy Nolen
Billy Nolen, former acting FAA administrator, joins CNBC's 'Money Movers' to discuss expectations for Newark Airport in the wake of outages, whether investigations into airports may increase, and more.
CNBC
14-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Not really any alternatives to cutting capacity at Newark Airport, says former acting FAA admin. Billy Nolan
Billy Nolen, former acting FAA administrator, joins CNBC's 'Money Movers' to discuss expectations for Newark Airport in the wake of outages, whether investigations into airports may increase, and more.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
‘Upside down and burning': All passengers escape Delta plane crash
(NewsNation) — All 80 passengers and crew members on board a Delta Air Lines flight from Minneapolis to Toronto that crashed and overturned while landing are expected to survive. Air traffic control audio was released Monday, capturing the moment officials realized Delta Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, was burning on the tarmac of Toronto's Pearson Airport. 'This airplane just crashed. We just have a crash on Runway 23 here,' someone can be heard saying at around 2:15 p.m. ET. Now is an 'opportune' time to fix FAA: Former official Billy Nolen 'Just so you are aware, there's people outside walking around the aircraft there,' someone says moments later. 'Yeah, we've got it,' someone responds. 'The aircraft there's upside down and burning.' The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is assisting Canada's Transportation Safety Board to investigate how the CRJ-900 overturned as it arrived from Minneapolis and touched down in Toronto. Two runways will remain closed for the investigation. It is possible the plane bounced, causing pilots to lose control, said Greg Feith, former senior air safety investigator for the NTSB. Peter Carlson, a passenger traveling to Toronto for a paramedics conference, said the landing was 'very forceful.' 'All the sudden everything just kind of went sideways, and then next thing I know it's kind of a blink and I'm upside down still strapped in,' he told CBC News. 'Everyone on that plane suddenly became very close in terms of how to help one another, how to console one another.' SpaceX employees visiting FAA amid reported firings Carlson said when he took off his seat belt, he crashed onto the ceiling of the plane. He smelled gas and saw aviation fuel cascading down the cabin windows and knew he needed to get out, but he said his fatherly intuition and paramedic skills kicked in. He looked for those he could help. Carlson and another man assisted a mother and her young son out of the plane, and then Carlson dropped onto the tarmac. Snow was blowing, and it 'felt like I was stepping onto tundra.' 'I didn't care how cold it was, didn't care how far I had to walk, how long I had to stand — all of us just wanted to be out of the aircraft,' he said. The airport said all passengers and crew members were accounted for. Eighteen people were injured in the crash, and three are in critical condition, according to Deborah Flint, Greater Toronto Airports Authority president and CEO. Two people were taken by separate air ambulances to a trauma center in Toronto: a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s. A pediatric patient was taken to a children's hospital. Other injured passengers were transported to local area hospitals. Delta plane flipping not a pattern of plane crashes: Travel expert There were no fatalities. The fact that all 80 people aboard the plane survived is amazing, retired commercial pilots Michael Coffield and Richard Levy agreed. Both nodded their heads vigorously and said, 'Miracle.' At the time of the crash, weather reports showed Toronto experienced 31-mph winds with gusts upward of 40 mph and a temperature of 18 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of -5. On Monday, the airport said on social media it expected around 1,000 flights to be delayed as airlines worked to catch up from delays caused by snow over the weekend. Toronto Pearson Fire Chief Todd Aitken confirmed the runway was dry and there were no crosswind conditions. NewsNation's Steph Whiteside and Michael Ramsey and The Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ex-acting FAA Administrator: Now is the time for air traffic control upgrades
Billy Nolen, a former acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator, said Monday that now is the time for air traffic control upgrades. '[One of the things] I've testified both before the House and before the Senate, that says the FAA oversees systems of systems and facilities that are between 40 and 60 years old,' Nolen told NewsNation's Chris Stirewalt on 'The Hill.' 'So, I think it's an … opportune time for [Elon Musk], for others, to come in and say … first get a clear understanding of what's in play here, and then how we go about giving America the very best air traffic control system in the world,' he added. The Trump administration began firing hundreds of employees at the FAA on Friday, just weeks after a deadly crash outside of Washington, D.C., put a spotlight on the agency. On Monday, Delta Air Lines Flight 4819 crashed while landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, according to an FAA statement emailed to The Hill. The flight had taken off from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The agency also said everyone on the flight had been evacuated. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also said Monday on the social platform X that investigators from the FAA were on their way to Toronto and that he had 'been in touch with my counterpart in Canada to offer assistance and help with the investigation.' Earlier this month, Musk said his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was going to take on 'rapid safety upgrades' to the air traffic control systems with the FAA. 'With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system,' Musk said previously on X. The Hill has reached out to the FAA for comment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
