Officials let a local teenager off after he engaged in an activity that violates federal regulations: flying a kite in a park. Sheriff's deputies saw a 19-year-old man flying his kite at Bonelli Park in San Dimas recently. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department may have misused funds paid to them by Los Angeles International Airport to provide security at the facility, and now a federal probe aims to get to the bottom of the allegation, says KTLA. Millions of dollars are in question, per the complaint. more ›

Conductors and performers curse the skies, glower and sometimes even halt the performance when helicopters pass over the Hollywood Bowl. Now they're throwing their support behind a federal bill that would restrict low-flying helicopters. more ›

Three Los Angeles-area Congressional representatives were in Washington D.C. Thursday to testify before a House panel about a proposed bill that would put federal restrictions on low-flying helicopters. more ›

A couple in Kern County filmed themselves having sex on a plane and mid-air and set it to the tune of Katy Perry's E.T. more ›

Two skydivers from the British Army were critically injured after colliding in the skies over Lake Elsinore last night. One of the skydivers suffered cardiac arrest and required CPR, as he was rushed to the hospital. The other skydiver also had serious injuries, according to the Associated Press. more ›

West Hollywood has formally gone on record in support of a pending federal bill that could force regulation of helicopters flying over residential areas in Los Angeles. The West Hollywood City Council adopted a resolution in support of HR 2677, the Los Angeles Residential Noise Relief Act of 2011. more ›

Congressman Howard L. Berman, however, wants to legislate helicopter noise away. He put forth his "Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise Relief Act" on Thursday, with the hopes of reducing the noise disturbance from low-flying helicopters in Los Angeles County. more ›

Law enforcement officials aren't kidding around when it comes to laser pointers aimed at their aircraft: If you point 'em, they will find you, and, like in the case of the two men busted overnight, they will arrest you. Green lasers were trained on a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter flying over Exposition Park at around 2 this morning, according to ABC7. more ›

Movie stars, warm weather, palm trees and...lasers pointed at aircraft by trouble-making teens and adults: L.A. has a global reputation, and when it comes to those laser pointers, the Federal Aviation Administration is putting their foot down, in the form of a just-announced new fine. more ›

If you live within earshot of the flight paths for Burbank's Bob Hope Airport or the Van Nuys Airport, you aren't going to find any sound relief in this news. The House of Representatives has rejected a proposed legislative amendment that would have imposed nighttime curfews on flights in and out of those two airports, according to the Daily News. more ›

The Federal Aviation Administration has released information about "laser incidents" in 2010 and identified there were 108 such incidents at LAX in 2010, according to the Daily News. more ›

"A draft report from the Federal Aviation Administration has bared the long-standing safety issue of Bob Hope Airport's passenger terminal and its proximity to the runway," reports the Glendale News Press. In 1986, the FAA prohibited planes from taking off to the east because of a belief that the terminal was too close to the runway. more ›

Holiday vacationers may have a little extra time to party down LA-style, as dozens of flights to the East Coast have been canceled as a coastal blizzard blankets North Carolina to Massachusetts, reports LA Live. more ›

Three men bound for Torrance Airport died Sunday evening when their single-engine plane crashed into the water off Newport Beach, according to the Daily Breeze. The flight originated from Mexico, in a Beechcraft Muskateer registered to Palos Verdes Estates real estate agent Chuck Chambers; it is not confirmed if Chambers was on board. more ›

United Airlines Flight 967 was heading from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles last night when "severe turbulence," rattled the aircraft so hard it was forced to land in Denver, according to abc7. more ›

A report assembled two years ago by the FAA claims that two runways at LAX are unsafe, as evidenced by the high frequency of "close calls between planes on the ground," according to the Daily News. In fact, we had more of those close calls than at any other US airport. more ›

They called it a "flightmare"--passengers flying from LAX to JFK earlier this month on a Virgin Atlantic flight were left rationing Pringles and waiting for hours after a weather-related diversion. Grounded and unable to deplane and provided with only four potato chips each and some water, the 16-hour ordeal left passengers outraged. more ›

This was not a good weekend for Southwest Airlines. Beyond the Kevin Smith incident, in which the director was ousted from an Oakland to Burbank flight for apparently not fitting in his seat Saturday evening, a plane of theirs avoided a crash the same day, according to a KNX1070 e-mail alert: "KNX 1070 has learned that Southwest flight 2534 with 85 people on board this Saturday was on a collision course with another plane because, according to the FAA, the Southwest jet was in the wrong place. The 737 took emergency actions resulting in two flight attendants being injured one with a broken shoulder." Add: The LA Times says the Burbank-bound Southwest jet was on a collision course with a small private plane and executed an evasive maneuver. more ›

A problem, although now fixed, with the system that collects airlines' flight plans is causing numerous flight cancellations and delays across the country today. more ›

This morning officials will announce a new runway safety system designed to prevent airport accidents. LAX has been subject to many close calls over the years. The new safety lights, known as Runway Status Lights, are a series of red lights embedded in the pavement that warn pilots when it’s unsafe to enter or cross a runway, according to Mayor Villaraigosa's office. The system cost $7 million and has been placed on the eight highest risk taxiways at the airport. more ›

The data from the FAA has been released showing that there have were 944 bird strikes at LAX between 1990 and 2008. Most all of those incident resulted in little or no damage, according to the LA Times. more ›

We've all heard time and time again: LAX tends to have too many close calls of planes knocking into each other. At the crux of the problem, many believe, are the staff shortages at the airport and in the main radar facility that guides planes between the six regional airports. more ›

Flights taking off from airports across the country were delayed after a communications breakdown occurred with the Federal Aviation Administration's processing data for flight-plans at two separate facilities near Atlanta, Georgia and in Salt Lake City, Utah. As for LAX, the FAA reported little to no impact to flights departing West of Chicago and Dallas, according to Treva Miller, an LAX Spokesperson. "As of 2:38 p.m. PST, LAX was not experiencing any flight arrival or departure delays longer than 15 minutes," she said. more ›

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A Southwest flight and a Skywest turboprop had a close call runway incursion Sunday morning. Albeit considered minor, it was the eighth such incident since October. more ›

What the hell is up with air travel these days? more ›

Burbank residents who live in the vicinity of Bob Hope Airport may soon see relief in the nighttime hours from cargo plane flight activity if a proposed mandatory curfew is endorsed by the public and approved by the FAA. more ›