He – in this case it’s a he – also makes decisions about personnel, who might need a break, who is best positioned to take over another controller’s duties.Sitting next to one of the air traffic ...

During the hearings, the NTSB was told that the Army helicopter never heard the command from the air traffic controller to ...

United Flight 108 had just taken off for its journey to Munich at around 6 p.m. As the Boeing 787 was ascending to 10,000 ...

The National Transportation Safety Board is continuing to investigate a fatal midair crash at Ronald Reagan Washington ...

But all of them are reminders that America’s air traffic control system is in desperate need of reform. That’s only part of ...

The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a ...

Air traffic control managers told the National Transportation Safety Board that F.A.A. leaders rebuffed efforts over the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses Thursday about air traffic control training, a key part of ...

Flight 5342 took off from Wichita and collided with the Blackhawk helicopter shortly before its scheduled landing at D.C.’s ...

The federal government runs air traffic control because that was the easiest way to do things in the early days of flying.

A federal watchdog is launching an audit into why a dozen air traffic controllers were moved from New York to Philadelphia ...