KXTV14d
Control tower closure at Sacramento Executive Airport averted — for now
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Executive Airport is facing uncertainty in the staffing of its air traffic control tower. Sacramento County owns the airport and land it sits on, but the Federal ...
CBS News14d
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 ...
WMUR14d
A timeline of the collision between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter in DC
The pilots confirm the change and the aircraft is cleared to land.AA Flight 5342: “Tower, Bluestreak 5342 on Mount Vernon visual, Runway 1”Air Traffic Control: “Bluestreak 5342 Washington ...
ABC1214d
Private business jet crashes in Philadelphia neighborhood
A twin-engine business jet crashed in a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia Friday night, causing a fiery explosion, according to authorities and video from the scene.
WCTV14d
WCTV tower maintenance to temporarily impact over-the-air signal early Sunday
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - WCTV is alerting viewers that some scheduled tower work will affect our over-the-air signal overnight Saturday into early Sunday. The signal impacts are expected to take ...
CBS News14d
UMass hopes to train next generation of air traffic controllers in tower simulator
CHICOPEE - Inside the UMass Transportation Center in Chicopee, you'll find one of the only 360-degree air traffic control tower simulators in the country. The University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
CNN14d
Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows
When an American Airlines flight fatally collided with a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night, the airport’s tower ... inadequate air-traffic control staffing ...
Business Insider14d
The final minutes of American Airlines flight 5342
A preliminary FAA report obtained by the New York Times and others said staffing at National's ATC tower was "not normal" at the time of the crash. The outlet reported that the controller was ...
Firstpost14d
Was understaffing at Reagan Airport control tower the reason for mid-air collision in Washington?
The report states that the staffing at the air traffic control tower was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic.” Shockingly, a single air traffic controller was responsible for both ...
New York Post14d
Supervisor let air traffic controller leave shift early before DC plane collision: report
A supervisor at the Reagan National Airport tower reportedly let an air traffic ... A breakdown in communication with air traffic control could be a key element behind the crash, which left ...
Daily Mail14d
Could the Washington DC air disaster happen in Britain? As Trump blames diversity, how the UK's air traffic controllers are recruited
The deaths of 67 people in this week's tragic plane crash in Washington DC have focused scrutiny on America's air traffic control system ... Reagan National control tower - which covers the ...
WRAL14d
Aviation experts pose key question in NTSB investigation: What happened in the tower?
Some aviation experts are eagerly anticipating information on what happened in the air traffic control tower during the Washington, D.C. plane crash. They say all of those pieces are important for ...