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Pilot’s errors, other issues blamed in fatal NLV midair plane crash
A pilot’s miscalculations, an overextended traffic controller, and staffing issues caused a 2022 midair plane crash at the North Las Vegas Airport ... air traffic control tower workers revealed ...
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FAA grants will build, upgrade 2 Southern Nevada airport towers
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., this week announced the awarding of a $1.53 million grant for a new tower at Boulder City Municipal Airport, and $800,000 to make improvements to the tower at ...
Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows
Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...
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Las Vegas airport to see new elevators, thanks to federal grant
A $20.6 million federal grant will add new elevators and refurbish elevators and escalators at Harry Reid International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration announced. The grants are a ...
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
The crew of the Army helicopter that collided in midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan ...