Shutdown Makes Air Travel System ‘Less Safe,’ Air Traffic Controllers Say

Controllers have urged air passengers to contact their representatives to end the shutdown. The transportation secretary also ...

More than 8,000 US flights delayed as air traffic control absences persist

U.S. airports reported more than 20 incidents of air traffic controller shortages in the latest sign of the government ...
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Research on Control of Quadcopter Suspension System Based on Differential Flatness Theory and Back-stepping Sliding Mode Control

Abstract: Quadcopter UAV elastic suspension system has a good development prospect due to its flexible and easy-to-operate features. However, during the flight transportation process, the oscillation ...
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The government shutdown is causing air traffic control staffing shortages at U.S. airports

The U.S. government shutdown is starting to affect air travel as shortages of air traffic controllers have been reported around the country. Over the last two days, delays due to air traffic control ...
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Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

Earlier this year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems. Today, those problems ...
Tennessean

Is Nashville's air traffic control tower shutting down? Inside the shortage

Nashville International Airport's air traffic control tower will remain open through the evening of Oct. 7, despite intense staffing shortages and an ongoing federal government shutdown, according to ...
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Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country

A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation ...