The shortage of air traffic controller specialists is one of the reasons for the hectic stretch at Newark Liberty International Airport amid hundreds of cancellations and delays leaving thousands ...

Scott Turner used to jump out of airplanes. A skydiver in his youth, Turner cultivated a passion for air travel early. These days, he’s got his feet firmly planted in San Angelo, where he helped start ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hailee Williamson calmly directs a virtual airplane to land on a runway that looks exactly like one at the airport in Oklahoma City where the Federal Aviation Administration ...

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Airports across the United States have been experiencing significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay since a ...

An air traffic controller who spent three decades guiding aircraft into and out of the island said the ability to make decisions on the spot was among key traits that kept her in one of aviation’s ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Veteran controllers, in a series of interviews with NewsChannel 5 Investigates, described conditions inside Nashville’s air traffic control tower as nearing “a breaking point ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- "An accident waiting to happen," and "a deadly crash is inevitable" -- just two of the recent dire warnings from burned-out air traffic controllers. And now, during ...

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According to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the two people on board “lost communication with air ...