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FAA, flight attendants square off over electronics

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

A traveler looks at a flight departure board Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week's fire at a Chicago-area air traffic facility. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Chicago flights grounded for second time in two weeks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FAA restricts airspace above Hawaii lava flow

Associated Press

In this March 12, 2014, file photo, a drone prepares to land after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in East Harlem in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Drones could be used on North Dakota oil fields

By JOSH WOOD - Associated Press

FAA chief to visit sabotaged Chicago-area facility

Associated Press

Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta and Pan Pacific Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Range Complex director Ro Bailey answer questions at a press conference at the University of Alaska Anchorage on Monday, May 5, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. Huerta announced that the FAA has authorized unmanned aircraft test flights at UA Fairbanks. The university is one of six locations picked for research into into integrating drones into U.S. airspace (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

FAA chief to visit sabotaged Chicago-area facility

Associated Press

This Jan. 8, 2009, file photo provided by the Mesa County, Colo., Sheriff's Department, shows a small Draganflyer X6 UAV drone as it makes a test flight in Mesa County, Colo. (AP Photo/Mesa County Sheriff's Unmanned Operations Team, File)

Connecticut lawmakers mull drone regulations

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

Ann Walden plays with her 15 month-old daughter Delphine while waiting in-line after their flight to Baton Rouge was delayed at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. All flights in and out of Chicago's two airports were halted Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control facility sent delays and cancellations rippling through the U.S. air travel network. Authorities said the blaze was intentionally set by a contract employee of the Federal Aviation Administration and had no ties to terrorism. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

FAA orders review of Chicago air traffic snarl

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

A traveler looks at a flight departure board Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week's fire at a Chicago-area air traffic facility. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Answers about lingering delays at Chicago airports

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ - Associated Press

Kanna Ortiz 4, waits in a line after her flight back home to New Jersey was delayed at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. All flights in and out of Chicago's two airports were halted Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control facility sent delays and cancellations rippling through the U.S. air travel network. Authorities said the blaze was intentionally set by a contract employee of the Federal Aviation Administration and had no ties to terrorism. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

After sabotage, air travel system slowly recovers

By JASON KEYSER - Associated Press

Dennis McCormack of Rockaway, N.J. checks the departure board only to find out that his flight to Newark, N.J. has been canceled at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. All flights in and out of Chicago's two airports were halted Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control facility sent delays and cancellations rippling through the U.S. air travel network. Authorities said the blaze was intentionally set by a contract employee of the Federal Aviation Administration and had no ties to terrorism. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Police: Employee set fire at Chicago air traffic site

By Jason Keyser - Associated Press

This image provided by Aerial MOB, LLC, shows their eight rotor Sky Jib Helicopter in San Diego, Calif., in August 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Drones for moviemaking face likely FAA approval

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

In this March 12, 2014, file photo, a drone prepares to land after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in East Harlem in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

AP Exclusive: Drones left out of air traffic plans

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

** FILE ** This Jan. 15, 2014, file photo shows a test drone as it is is launched by catapult as a trail plane follows on a ranch near Sarita, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Lawsuits challenge FAA drone, model aircraft rules

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

**FILE** The tail of an American Airlines aircraft is seen at left as a person walks by a passenger gate area in Terminal C at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2008. (Associated Press)

FAA’s new air traffic control system unstable, less capable than old system

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Illustration on the FAA ban on flights to Israel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

BRUCE: Winging it in the Middle East

By Tammy Bruce

**FILE** Passengers walk past US Airways planes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in suburban Washington on Dec. 27, 2009. (Associated Press)

US airlines to resume flights to Israel

Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo made Jan. 21, 2010, a passenger walks past a Delta Airlines 747 aircraft in McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Mich. Delta Air Lines on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 canceled all flights to Israel until further notice, citing reports that a rocket landed near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

FAA lifts ban on U.S. flights to Israel

Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Kerry is meeting with Ban, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as efforts for a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel continues. (AP Photo/Pool)

John Kerry defies FAA and flies to Israel to talk peace

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways flight GE222, which crashed while attempting to land in stormy weather on the Taiwanese island of Penghu. Experts say the airline industry will stay healthy despite several recent tragedies. (Associated Press)

Airlines optimistic despite a year of several tragedies

By Meghan Drake - The Washington Times