Understaffing at air traffic control towers has affected flights this week. But the The National Air Traffic Controllers ...

Driver will play John Chapman, an Air Force combat controller killed in Afghanistan, in 'Alone at Dawn.' Ron Howard will ...

WASHINGTON—Having “supercharged” its efforts, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has achieved a previously announced goal to hire 2,000 air traffic controllers this fiscal year. The total is 10 ...

As Air Force One journeyed from the US to the UK this week, it came within eight lateral miles of a Spirit Airlines flight heading up the East Coast from Fort Lauderdale to Boston. An alert air ...

An Air Corsica flight was forced to circle for over an hour because an air traffic controller fell asleep. First responders had to enter the control tower at Napoléon Bonaparte airport in Corsica to ...

At Toronto Pearson International, most of an air traffic controller’s job is routine—issuing clearances, tracking ground vehicles, and guiding planes safely to and from runways. But behind the ...

The dysfunction surrounding the current state of air traffic control isn't exclusive to the United States. An Air Corsica flight was stuck circling the skies for an hour on Tuesday instead of making a ...

United Airlines said it had a very good summer at Newark airport. But air traffic control equipment issues and staffing shortages remained unresolved. By Kate Kelly and Niraj Chokshi Kate Kelly has ...

Air traffic controllers expressed concern that a Boston-bound Spirit flight was flying too close to Air Force One as both traversed New York skies Tuesday, radio communications show, though a source ...

NOBODY WAS HURT. ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT A FLIGHT BOUND FOR BOSTON GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO AIR FORCE ONE THIS MORNING. LISTEN, AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR A SPIRIT ...

MATT REED. WCVB NEWSCENTER FIVE. ALL RIGHT, MATT, THANK YOU. A FLIGHT BOUND FOR BOSTON GOT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO AIR FORCE ONE. CLOSE IS A RELATIVE TERM IN THE AIR, BUT NONETHELESS, LISTEN, AS AN AIR ...

An air traffic controller admonished a Spirit Airlines pilot to "pay attention" as the plane flew several miles from Air Force One, according to audio of the exchange. The incident occurred Tuesday ...