The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation has requested a full waiver from the air traffic reduction at all Hawaiʻi airports. If it’s granted, the state says it will pay for the essential staff needed to maintain full flight schedules.

Honolulu Airport is on a list circulating of airports that've been told to cut 10 percent of their flights, due to the government shutdown. But the state says it's applying for a waiver.

A UPS MD-11 plane crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.

The death toll from the UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, has risen to 13, officials said Thursday. "On my way to the Teamsters' vigil, I learned of a 13th person that died as a result of the UPS flight 2976 plane crash,

Two days after a deadly UPS plane disaster, a candlelight vigil was held Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, to remember the victims and thank first responders, while teams still worked to find or identify people caught in the crash and subsequent firestorm.

A UPS MD-11 plane crashed near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.