Tom Costello

2 weeks ago | today.com | Anna Kaplan |Tom Costello

June 13, 2025, 9:09 AM EDT / Source: TODAYThe sole survivor of Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying 242 people from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad to London, spoke out about how he was able to walk away from the worst commercial airliner crash in more than a decade. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a British national of Indian origin, was seated in 11A, an emergency exit row window seat, and was seen on video posted on social media walking away from the crash.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tom Costello

An upcoming Netflix documentary reveals new details about the 2023 Titan submersible, which was traveling to the wreck of the Titanic when it imploded, killing all five people aboard. "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster" looks at the warnings that were ignored about the submersible's designs. David Lochridge, the chief submersible pilot, tried to warn the company's CEO about the potential dangers and was fired for doing so.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Tom Costello

Radar screens serving Newark Liberty International Airport went black early Friday morning, raising more air traffic safety concerns at the busy New Jersey hub, federal authorities said. The outage shortly before 4 a.m. EDT lasted only 90 seconds on a limited number of sectors, the FAA said, but the blackout is still a troubling development in the wake of revelations that controllers lost radio contact with pilots flying into the airport in recent months.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Tom Costello |Jay Blackman |David K. Li

The air traffic control mishap early Friday morning added to disruptions in recent days that have intensified concerns about safety at one of the busiest U.S. airports. An air traffic control facility that guides planes at Newark Liberty International Airport had a brief radar outage on Friday …

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Tom Costello |Jay Blackman |Corky Siemaszko

/ Updated Ten days after an equipment malfunction left about a dozen planes flying blind for 90 seconds in the crowded skies over New Jersey, worried pilots and air traffic controllers are imploring the Federal Aviation Administration to fix the system's aging infrastructure.