Airlines and Airplanes

• Safety Board Heaps Blame on F.A.A. Over Potomac Plane-Helicopter Crash - The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on the probable cause of last year’s crash near Washington and make recommendations.
• Thousands of Flights Canceled Monday After Snowstorm - Delays and cancellations persisted a day after more than 11,000 flights were canceled. Airports in the Northeastern U.S. were hit the hardest.
• Winter Storm Drives U.S. Flight Cancellations to Pandemic-Level Numbers - Nearly 9,000 departures were canceled on Sunday, more than on any other day since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Airlines Cancel Hundreds of Flights In Anticipation of Powerful Winter Storm - Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights over the weekend in anticipation of frigid weather and ice and now across much of the country.
• Air Force One Turns Back After Electrical Issue - The plane carrying President Trump was heading for Switzerland when it turned back for Joint Base Andrews. A White House official said there had been a minor electrical issue.
• Hundreds of Flights Canceled at New York Airports, Even With a Few Inches of Snow - To avoid the ripple effects of real-time adjustments to what was predicted to be up to nine inches of snow, the major airlines said they pre-emptively canceled flights.
• How New York Is Preparing for Its First Major Snowstorm in Years - Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 10 inches of snow.
• Death Toll in UPS Plane Crash Rises to 15 - Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.
• U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard - Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
• U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows - The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.