Two passenger flights were forced to abort landings at major airports Tuesday within 90 minutes of each other, amid concerns about a recent spate of safety incidents involving

Mayor Brandon Johnson will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to defend Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city. “We’re going to remain a welcoming city and hold to our values,” Johnson said. Set to testify before a Congressional Committee in the nation’s capital,

A Southwest Airlines plane had a close call with a private jet that entered a runway without authorization Tuesday morning at Chicago Midway International Airport, the Federal Aviation

Clifford Law Offices, an aviation law firm in Chicago, filed the first known legal actions Tuesday on behalf of a victim of American Airlines Flight 5342, which took off from Wichita on Jan. 29 and crashed following a midair collision with an Army helicopter in Washington,

The near misses came after several aviation accidents, including the disastrous crash between an Army helicopter and a jet last month that killed 67.

Two aborted passenger jet landings in Washington DC and Chicago this week – both to avoid other aircraft on the runway – have highlighted ongoing air safety concerns in the US after an alarming series of aviation incidents in the past month.

Mayor Brandon Johnson will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to defend Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city. “We’re going to remain a welcoming city and hold to our values,” Johnson said. Set to testify before a Congressional Committee in the nation’s capital,

Old foes appear to put aside Chicago Democratic politics to help Johnson prepare for a Republican-led hearing in Congress.

An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, officials said, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before a close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago.

The near misses came after several aviation accidents, including the disastrous crash between an Army helicopter and a jet last month that killed 67.

An American Airlines jet avoided a collision with another plane while preparing to land at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning.

American Airlines flight 2246 was forced to perform a go-around instead of landing at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., to avoid a collision with another aircraft. On the same day, a Southwest flight experienced a similar situation while attempting to land in Chicago.