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Delta plane took off into a hailstorm in 2023 after all weather data was not reviewed, report says

By Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — Delta Air Lines pilots and dispatchers didn’t look at all available weather information when they sent a plane into a damaging hailstorm in Italy in 2023, Italian transportation investigators ruled in a report published Thursday. On July 24, 2023, the Boeing 767 took off from Milan’s Malpensa Airport headed

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A view from above of airplanes parked face to face on sunny airport tarmac. The International Civil Aviation Organization rejected a proposal on October 3 that would have allowed older commercial pilots to keep flying.

International Organization rejects increasing mandatory commercial pilot retirement age

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The International Civil Aviation Organization rejected a proposal Friday that would have allowed older commercial pilots to keep flying. Airline trade group, the International Air Transport Association called for the mandatory pilot retirement age to be raised to 67 from 65 at ICAO’s meeting in Montreal last month.

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