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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 ...
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Denver air traffic controllers had 2-minute communications outage, FAA official says
The outage in Colorado comes amid increasing scrutiny on the nation's main aviation agency following outages at Newark ...
Hotline between military and air traffic controllers in Washington hasn’t worked for over 3 years
Sen. Ted Cruz asked whether a hotline between military and civilian air traffic controllers in Washington, D.C., that hasn’t ...
National Airport, Pentagon hotline had been disconnected for three years
Aviation officials learned of the issue after controllers at National had to order two flights to abandon landing attempts ...
Black Hawk helicopter on way to Pentagon causes planes to abort landings at DCA
A "go-around" maneuver is performed when a pilot must abort or reject landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has ...
Army Black Hawk Helicopter Causes 2 Near-Misses with Commercial Planes at D.C. Airport After Taking the 'Scenic Route'
Air traffic controllers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport told the Delta and Republic flights to perform ...
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Army Black Hawk helicopter forces 2 jetliners to abort landings at DCA
Restrictions were placed on helicopter flights near the airport, whose airport code is DCA, after a Jan. 29 midair collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet ...