Airlines and Airplanes

• Hundreds of Flights Canceled at New York Airports, Even With a Few Inches of Snow - To avoid the ripple effects of real-time adjustments to what was predicted to be up to nine inches of snow, the major airlines said they pre-emptively canceled flights.
• How New York Is Preparing for Its First Major Snowstorm in Years - Streets were brined, plows were ready and flights were canceled as the metropolitan region braced for up to 10 inches of snow.
• Death Toll in UPS Plane Crash Rises to 15 - Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was injured when a cargo plane crashed into his Kentucky workplace more than a month ago, died on Christmas Day.
• U.S. and Venezuela Jam Caribbean GPS Signals to Thwart Attacks, Raising Flight Hazard - Military brinkmanship between President Trump and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has led to an increase in electronic warfare in the region.
• U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows - The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
• Trump Declares Venezuelan Airspace Closed - President Trump said days earlier that the United States could “very soon” expand its campaign of killing people at sea suspected of drug trafficking to attacking Venezuelan territory.