Air traffic control audio captured the dramatic communications both before and after a military helicopter collided Wednesday night with a passenger airplane in Washington D.C.. The crash occurred ...

Air Traffic Control. Understaffed Air Traffic Control, DEI Are Unlikely Causes of D.C. Plane Crash There's still a lot we don't know and initial speculation from the media and the president about ...

The issue of understaffed air traffic control centers is prevalent across the country, as shown by data provided by the FAA. We have the news you need to know to start your day.

As the air traffic control crisis drags on, putting lives in danger and snarling logistics at key travel hubs, a new villain has emerged: the controllers union. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...

Issues with air traffic control staffing are under the spotlight following the fatal mid-air collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter in Washington D.C. on Wednesday ...

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday announced a multibillion-dollar plan to build an entirely new air traffic control system and ramp up air traffic controller hiring. “The system ...

8:47 p.m.: Air traffic controllers attempt to contact the helicopter pilot seconds before the two aircraft collide. 8:48 p.m.: Control tower sounds alarm to alert responders to crash.

Inman said Saturday that there were five people staffing the air traffic control tower at the time. They included the local controller who was directing helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft; ...

The skies on Wednesday night were clear. The pilots were in communication with air traffic control, and officials said American Eagle Flight 5342 was on a standard descent to the runway in the ...