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The Department of Homeland Security issued a report on July 13, 2011, to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform indicating there have been more than 25,000 security breaches at U.S. airports since November 2001.

A study backed by Congress and sponsored by the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) on the potential dangers of long commutes and pilot fatigue was ignored by the majority of airlines asked to provide data.

Federal agents arrested Olajide Noibi for stowing away on a Virgin America flight from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Los Angeles on June 24, 2011, without having a valid boarding pass.

Some passenger safety advocates are concerned that the U.S. government is not sufficiently informing Americans about which foreign airlines fail to meet the minimum international standards for safe flying or maintain proper safety standards of the airlines within their borders.

After multiple attempts to locate and retrieve the wreckage of Air France Flight 447, the black box data recorders from the fatal June 2009 crash have been recovered from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.

A time limit has been set for the upcoming trial Bavis v. United Airlines.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched a nationwide tour to inspect airport standards and practices.

Following reports of numerous air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job, the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) chief operating officer, Hank Krakowski, has resigned.

As investigators continue inspecting Southwest Airlines' fleet of aircraft, about 100 flights are expected to be canceled today—after nearly 600 flights were canceled this weekend.

Aviation officials say that two planes landed at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., without clearance because the pilots were unable to communicate with the control tower.