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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 ...

Illinois study finds high rates of anxiety, depression among air traffic controllers

The FAA says the U.S. needs 3,000 more air traffic controllers to meet staffing shortages. SIU researchers say addressing the ...

'Just make it work': NTSB investigates air traffic control culture after deadly collision

The National Transportation Safety Board is examining the air traffic control practices at Reagan National Airport following ...

Federal watchdog launching audit into air traffic controller move from New York to Philadelphia

A federal watchdog is launching an audit into why a dozen air traffic controllers were moved from New York to Philadelphia ...
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A Newark air traffic controller on how it felt when systems went dark - NPR

An air traffic controller who works the airspace around Newark, N.J. talks about what it was like to lose radar and communication systems during a shift, and how the situation got to be so bad.

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 ...

‘We just make it work’: Strained air traffic culture at Reagan National Airport exposed by NTSB crash inquiry

Federal investigators investigating the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport described a ...

Air traffic chaos ‘caused by software error’

Air traffic control systems across England and Wales failed because of a “software error” with radar systems. All flights ...