The FAA has changed how helicopter traffic is managed near the busy airport in response to last month’s crash, leading to delays and diverted flights.

Along with all its air traffic controllers at airports, the FAA also regulates drones and rocket launches and looks for missile threats.

A string of crashes has left flyers on edge, and attention has been turned on those responsible for aviation safety in the U.S.

The visit comes after a union representing FAA workers says hundreds are being laid off.

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend.

Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia to take what he positioned as a tour.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers would make recommendations to the FAA on how to upgrade air traffic control systems.

Several hundred new support staff employees at the Federal Aviation Administration have been fired as part of the Trump administration's terminations of federal workers, according to their union.

The meeting comes after a series of aviation accidents, including one of the deadliest plane crashes in over a decade.

Although plane crashes are down in 2025 so far, fatalities and severity are higher than this time last year, according to NTSB data.

Australia is closely monitoring a Chinese navy task group in the country's exclusive economic zone off its east coast but the ships did not pose any threats as they had not breached any maritime laws, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday.

Officials from Elon Musk’s SpaceX are visiting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced. In a lengthy post on the social platform X, Duffy said the