Tag: Air Traffic Control
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Air traffic controllers report to work, as Denver airports brace for impact should federal shutdown linger
After Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a plan to keep the U.S. government funded, several federal agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration, are preparing to wait out another government shutdown, the first since 2019. The FAA posted a warning, highlighted in red, that “portions of the Department of Transportation are currently in shutdown/furlough…
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No survivors after plane crashes in Broomfield Saturday morning
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two people were reported onboard a twin-engine airplane that crashed in Broomfield Saturday morning. The crash, which occurred just after 10 a.m. at the Boulder County Open Space field near the intersection of Brainard Drive and Midway Boulevard, just north of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport,…
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Faster hiring, AI could help nation’s air traffic control
Air traffic controllers in Denver lost communications for 90 seconds with an estimated 20 planes operating in the airspace surrounding Denver International Airport on Monday, forcing them to scramble to use backup frequencies in the latest incident of Federal Aviation Administration equipment failure. The outage at DIA affected communications, not radar, said the FAA’s head…