"I think you've seen the criticality of Spirit's performance to our performance," Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said.

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the ...

The wife of a Connecticut man who died in last month’s collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter in ...

An American Airlines flight departing from Wichita, Kansas, collided with a military helicopter while approaching Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. The collision occurred around 9 p.m. local ...

PSA was operating as Flight 5342 for American Airlines. It departed from Wichita, Kansas. The FAA and NTSB will investigate. The NTSB will lead the investigation.” Emergency crews from Washington, D.C ...

The Star was told to ask the FAA for hiring numbers, which provided just the 2023 workforce plan. Wichita, Kansas’s tower is nearly 75% staffed to CRWG’s standards with 29 controllers on board.

"FAA has confirmed the flight was from Wichita ... confirmed that there was an incident involving the flight from Wichita, Kansas to Washington, DC. No additional information at this time but ...

The staffing numbers from 2023, the most recent year made available by the Federal Aviation Administration, show the airport is above the staffing standard and just below the optimal staffing level.

The claims were filed on behalf of the widow and children of Casey Crafton, 40, of Salem. He died as a result of the crash, leaving behind his wife of 16 years, Rachel, and three young sons.