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Air Traffic Controllers Urged Safety Changes

NTSB hearing reveals air traffic controllers should have warned passenger plane about helicopter before collision, but didn’t

The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of the investigation into January’s deadly midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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Air traffic controller should have warned plane of Army helicopter's path ahead of fatal DC crash: FAA

Air traffic controller failed to notify commercial plane crew about approaching Army helicopter before Washington D.C. collision that killed 67 people, FAA official says.

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Air Traffic Controllers Urged Safety Changes Years Before D.C. Crash

Air traffic control managers told the National Transportation Safety Board that F.A.A. leaders rebuffed efforts over the years to address hazardous conditions that played a role in the Jan. 29 crash.

Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Tested for Alcohol After Reagan National Airport Crash

The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a ...

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UK air traffic control failure: Traveller rights after more than 150 flights cancelled

An air traffic control outage sent UK airports into chaos on Wednesday, with warnings that disruption could continue for days ...

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UK authorities and airlines demand answers from air traffic control operator after radar issue

Britain’s transport chief has summoned the head of the country’s air traffic control operator to explain the problem that ...

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Johannesburg's main airport suffers air traffic control system failure

Johannesburg's main airport O.R. Tambo International Airport suffered an air traffic control system failure on Friday, ...

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Feds launch audit into FAA over gutted Long Island air traffic control facility as safety concerns rise over Newark airspace

Staff are burnt out — and very concerned about safety and feel very strongly that those moved to Philadelphia should come ...

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Certified air traffic controller workforce grew by just 6 in the last ...

National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Rich Santa told a Senate subcommittee Thursday growth in the thousands is needed. The FAA’s controller ranks are about 3,600 short of the ...

Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash

Light pollution from Washington, and even the passenger jet’s dim lights, might have contributed to difficulties spotting ...

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