Chicago has not been immune from air traffic controller shortages in recent years
Air traffic controller staffing has faced renewed attention after a January plane crash in Washington, D.C. Chicago has not ...
Chicago airports working to close air traffic controller staffing gaps in wake of DCA crash
After two major air disasters in the span of two days last week, attention has focused on the country's airline systems and ...
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Trump blames ‘obsolete' air traffic control system for deadly DC collision
But on Thursday, he blamed the computer system used by the country's air traffic controllers ... do a great computerized system for our control towers. Brand new — not pieced together ...
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President Donald Trump blames ‘obsolete’ US air traffic control system for the plane and chopper collision near DC
But on Thursday, he blamed the computer system used by the country’s air traffic controllers ... do a great computerized system for our control towers. Brand new — not pieced together ...
A timeline of air disaster near Washington, deadliest in US since 2001
More than two weeks after a helicopter and airplane collision near Reagan National Airport near Washington D.C. killed 67 people, investigators have completed their work at the scene where both ...
Retired Chicago air traffic controller says tower staffing less likely to blame for D.C. midair collision
Hearing that just one air traffic controller was monitoring both planes and helicopters has left many to wonder how common such a situation is.
NTSB: helicopter crew may not have heard key air traffic control transmission before DCA mid-air collision
National Transportation Safety Board officials said Friday that a key transmission from Reagan National Airport’s air traffic ...