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NEWS ABOUT: National Air Traffic Controllers Association

National Air Traffic Controllers Association stories: 4 news summaries

 Mont. Plane 
 Didn't Report  
 Trouble: NTSB 

All passengers died when turboprop plane crashed in Butte

Mar 23, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(AP) - The plane that crashed yesterday in Montana, killing all 14 aboard, gave no indication to air traffic controllers that the aircraft was experiencing difficulty when the pilot asked to divert to an airport in Butte, a federal safety official said today. There was "no indication of any trouble when... More »

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Montana • death • plane crash • Butte • air traffic control • National Air Traffic Controllers Association • malfunction

Planes Sent Toward Storms
to Test Air Traffic Controller

FAA investigates Fla. incident in which 4 jets sent miles off course

Oct 15, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident in which four Orlando-bound passenger jets were rerouted on Saturday in an effort to train a new air traffic controller. The Daily Mail reports the jets were directed into an area where thunderstorms were raging and that one, a Virgin Atlantic plane,... More »

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FAA • airline industry • Virgin Atlantic • airline • training • air traffic controllers • National Air Traffic Controllers Association

Planes Nearly Collide
Over Pittsburgh

Evasive maneuvers prevent mid-air crash after air-traffic trainee errs

Mar 6, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - A quick nosedive by a Delta pilot narrowly averted a mid-air collision of two passenger planes over Pittsburgh this morning, after an air traffic control trainee told a Delta pilot to turn into another jet’s path. The planes, carrying 120 passengers between them, missed each other by a scant... More »

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Delta Air Lines • plane crash • Pittsburgh • air traffic control • airplane • National Air Traffic Controllers Association • PSA

2007 Was 2nd Worst Ever for Plane Delays

More than 26% of all domestic flights were late or canceled

Feb 6, 08 1:08 PM CST
(Newser) - It's now official: 2007 was an awful year for airline delays—the worst since the record delays of 2000. More than 26% of domestic flights were delayed or canceled, due to huge demand and a growing swarm of small planes gobbling up runway space, reports the AP. The airline with... More »

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airline industry • Aloha Airlines • airline delays • air traffic control • air traffic controllers • air traffic • National Air Traffic Controllers Association

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