NTSB: helicopter crew may not have heard key air traffic control transmission before DCA mid-air collision
National Transportation Safety Board officials said Friday that a key transmission from Reagan National Airport’s air traffic ...
Nationwide air traffic control tower staffing shortage includes Pittsburgh International, groups say
The Federal Aviation Administration data shows that at the time of the report, there were 31 fully-trained air traffic ...
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Apprentices take first steps on career ladder to the top of EMA’s ATC tower
East Midlands Airport (EMA) is providing a new way up the career ladder to the very top of its Air Traffic Control Tower and ...
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DC plane crash: NTSB on air traffic control tower staffing, last-second communications
The NTSB says when the Jan. 29 collision between a passenger plane and helicopter occurred, the air traffic control tower had ...
Extension reached to keep San Carlos Airport air traffic control tower staffed
San Carlos Airport will keep its air traffic control tower staffed beyond a Saturday deadline that would have forced the airport to operate without a tower.
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XNA holds topping out ceremony for new air traffic control tower
In the building of its new air traffic control tower, a 20-foot tall cab was placed on top of its 120-foot tall base. This ...
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Over 90% of U.S. airport towers are understaffed, data shows
Only one air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters and some planes from the Reagan National Airport tower at the time of the collision, a job normally done by two people, two sources ...
San Carlos Airport avoids losing air traffic controllers after agreement over wages reached
Just miles away from SFO, the air traffic control tower at the smaller San Carlos Airport was set to go dark Saturday after the air traffic control team all resigned over a contract dispute with the ...