US Air Safety at Risk With Traffic Controllers
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Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country
The impact of the government shutdown hit travelers across the United States Monday, as air traffic controllers called out sick, closing a control tower and leading to delays at major airports.
A Spirit Airlines flight was reprimanded on Tuesday as air traffic controllers ordered it to turn away from Air Force One, which was carrying President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. The incident happened over Long Island, New York, as the ...
Crews on a Ryanair flight from Valencia to London issued a distress code during its approach on Sept. 22. The plane issued a squawk 7600, which signals a lose of radio communications.
A week into the government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are starting to climb as sick calls involving air traffic controllers leave a number of airport towers and control facilities without enough staff to properly handle all flights.
The FAA is a mess. Annexing our neighbors to the north, as Trump favors, looks like a longshot. But we could adopt its privatized air traffic control system. Last month, to rally support for a massive infusion of funding to fix the troubled U.S. air ...
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Two United Airlines planes collided on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on Monday night, the airline and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have confirmed. According to the FAA, which is investigating the event, “United Airlines ...
An air traffic controller failed to notify the crew of a commercial plane that an Army helicopter was moving toward the aircraft before the collision in Washington, D.C., in January that killed 67 people, a Federal Aviation Administration official said on ...