US probes 'laser-tracked' flights
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The FBI is examining a series of incidents in which lasers have been shone into the cockpits of aircraft.
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In the past week, laser beams of unknown origins have been shined into the cockpits of seven airplanes as they were about to land at various airports around the country, including Teterboro Airport.
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British Airways said on Wednesday that  "very low traces" of a radioactive substance had been found on  two of its aircraft being examined in a police probe into the  death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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The United States has been flying surveillance drones over Iran since last year to look for evidence of nuclear weapons programs and probe air defenses, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
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Philadelphia - The United States&#39; top transportation official ordered an investigation of two airlines that cancelled hundreds of flights over the holiday weekend because of computer and staffing problems, stranding thousands of travellers.
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By LaMotta, Lisa  NEW YORK: US airlines have been sending out reassuring messages to customers and statt since UK authorities arrested several suspected terrorists who were targeting commercial airlines traveling from Britain to the US.
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Europe's Parliament is to look at how data on air passengers and citizens' bank details is being sent to the US.
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The pilotless planes use devices designed to pick up traces of nuclear activity that are not accessible by satellites, officials say.
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US government efforts to prevent further terrorist attacks on the nation&#39;s planes and trains are increasingly incorporating smart technologies that can sniff out bomb residue on a passport or see through clothes to detect weapons taped to a would-be
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The Department of Transportation launched a formal investigation yesterday into the weekend's travel disruptions at US Airways and Comair that left thousands of passengers stranded or separated from their baggage.
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The US government has said that it will investigate air travel disruptions over the holiday weekend that left thousands of people stranded at airports or without their luggage when they reached their destinations.
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WASHINGTON - Everyone who took a commercial flight within the United States in June will have travel information turned over to the government so it can test a new system for identifying potential terrorists, federal officials announced Tuesday.    The Transportation Security Administration unveiled details for its previously announced "Secure Flight" program, its second attempt at finding a better way to screen passengers without infringing on privacy...
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Boeing has mounted a high-energy laser weapons system into the belly of a C-130 aircraft. Watch for aerial tests next year in New Mexico.
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The Transportation Department launched a formal investigation yesterday into the travel disruptions at US Airways and Comair last weekend that left thousands of
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Jumbo wants pork The Airborne Laser, the US Missile Defence programme's raygun-equipped jumbo jet, is to visit Washington tonight in an attempt to drum up support on Capitol Hill.â¦
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Atrocities in western Sudan as well as injustices in Zimbabwe, Lebanon and Burma have prompted American scientists to assist human rights organizations by devising tracking techniques using satellite imagery. The effort was made possible by benevolent donors and geospatial firms offering...
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The FBI, concerned that terrorists could use lasers as weapons, is investigating why laser beams were directed into the cockpits of six commercial airliners since Christmas.