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Video shows inside of Philadelphia air traffic control facility that handles Newark flights during outage last week
An exclusive video obtained by CBS News shows inside the problem-plagued air traffic control facility that handles flights in ...
Newark problems and recent crashes put focus on air traffic controller shortage and aging equipment
The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a short-term fix to the problems at the Newark airport that includes ...
An air traffic controller at Newark is like ‘a 3D-chess player who can juggle a chainsaw’ with their eyes closed, ex-pilot says
“I equate a good, A-level, traffic controller that can handle a place like Newark, JFK, LAX, San Francisco, to a three ...
Air Traffic Controller Whose Split-Second Decision Narrowly Avoided Mid-Air Collision Speaks Out
I don’t want to be responsible for killing 400 people,” air traffic controller Jonathan Stewart said in an interview with the ...
Denver air route traffic control center experienced 90 seconds of lost communications Monday, FAA says
A portion of the Denver air route traffic control center experienced a 90-second loss of communications late Monday, the ...
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As few as 3 radar controllers monitored Newark's airspace Monday night, FAA says
At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes ...
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Feds aim to spend $12.5B in initial spending for air traffic control reform
The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced a three-year plan to upgrade air traffic control systems nationwide.