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"FAA's official responses to Congress appear to have been misleading in their portrayal of FAA employee training and competency," a report from the Office of the Special Counsel said.

United released a memo telling its pilots to cut themselves off at least 12 hours before flying. The FAA standard is eight hours before flying.

Boeing has continued to produce the 737, which was grounded internationally after a series of fatal crashes, forcing the company to get creative.

"Enough is enough. Chao is allowing corporations to run roughshod over American safety," said Lizzy Price, spokesperson for Restore Public Trust.

Tweeting early Monday, the president offered his own strategy to help Boeing following two deadly crashes.

Before he decided to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 from U.S. airspace, President Donald Trump said the plane was no match for the Boeing 757, according to a Washington Post report.

"We are doing everything we can to understand the cause of the accidents," Boeing said.

Unlike its regulatory counterparts, the Federal Aviation Administration has not grounded the aircraft, which crashed twice in the past five months.

Concerns have been raised about Boeing's reach into the highest levels of government.

"This shutdown must end immediately," AFA president Sara Nelson said. "Our country's entire economy is on the line."

"We urge you to take the necessary steps to immediately end the shutdown of government agencies that is affecting the safety, security and efficiency of our national airspace system."

FBI Director Christopher Wray said "terrorist groups could easily export their battlefield experiences to use weaponized [unmanned aircraft systems] outside the conflict zone."

Lawmakers have put forward a package of measures to improve passenger services.

"This could have been the worst aviation disaster in history," a United Airlines pilot said at the time.

The incident is under investigation.

The pilots of at least three separate aircraft encountered an unidentified flying object above southern Arizona and New Mexico last month.

Captain John Dunkin coordinated the Trump campaign's flights and could now oversee the civil aviation regulator's budget of more than $16 billion.

Paul George Dandan reportedly got the explosive from his roommate, who allegedly planned to use it against a neighbor.

The FAA is proposing a new ban on laptops for checked bags on international flights.

The GOP-controlled Congress has precious few legislative days to work before it faces hard-and-fast deadlines.

Only more government regulation could have guaranteed the conservative author her seat.

Legislation introduced in both the House and the Senate would ban airlines from behaving as United did with David Dao in April.

Fourteen years after the Concorde was grounded, companies are bringing back supersonic planes.

The TSA's emergency amendment applies to devices larger than cell phones and smartphones.

A year ago, the FAA began over-regulating and over-criminalizing drone use.

Smart regulation will help drones integrate safely into the current air traffic control system.

After reports of the smartphone setting on fire, passengers have been asked not to check the device into the hold.

7-Eleven sent the sandwich by drone as part of the first ever FAA-approved grocery delivery.

Aviation attorneys believe the FAA's newest regulations help, not harm, dreams of drone delivery.

The drone operator has not been arrested for flying the drone 1,700 feet in the air.