Aerotime

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

NTSB has been provided updated information that shows the air traffic control tower display at DCA is fed by the Potomac TRACON. The TRACON fuses information from multiple radar sensors and ADS-B data, providing the best quality flight track data to air traffic control.

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Air Traffic Control Horizontal Stabilizer Quick Access Recorder Cockpit 286

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

As part of the industrial action, air traffic controllers walked out at 06:45 (local time) this morning, and joined thousands of other workers unhappy with the new federal governments plans to reform pensions and introduce new policies. AM to 10.15PM on 13/02. AM to 10.15PM on 13/02.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Airlines Airline 261

Simple Flying

MARCH 23, 2025

The new United States Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is moving forward with a clear priority of modernizing the United States air traffic control system.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Airline Airlines 110

Aerotime

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With air traffic continuing to soar in the post-pandemic era, airlines worldwide have embarked on recruiting the thousands of pilots needed to operate the multitude of new aircraft set to enter service during the coming years.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Cabin Crew Threshold 257

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Manchester Airport (MAN) located in the north of England, and Britains third busiest airport in terms of passenger throughput, is to be the UKs first major international airport to adopt a hybrid digital control tower as part of a project announced by the UKs National Air Traffic Control Service, or NATS.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Airlines Airline 261

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was one of the worst aviation disasters in modern US history. No emergency had been declared, so Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was being treated as a regular incoming flight. At around 24,000 feet, the crew got the aircraft largely under control. Sadly, though, it was not to be.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airline Airlines 278

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The aircraft, operated by all-cargo airline Total Linhas Aereas was operating a domestic cargo flight from Vitoria to Sao Paulo when the crew received a cargo fire warning, forcing the emergency landing. A Boeing 737-400F has been destroyed after it caught fire in flight and was forced to make an emergency landing in Sao Paulo.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 rolled backward and away from its parking stand at Delhi Airport in India after its crew reportedly failed to set the parking brakes correctly. Flightradar24 Following the incident, Singapore Airlines released a statement giving further details about what had happened. “A

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Cabin Crew Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 286

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun an investigation into a midair incident involving a United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER and a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300. On approach the United Airlines aircraft was assigned runway 07R and the Delta jet was given clearance to land on runway 08.

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Approach Runway Jet Air Traffic Control 286

Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

Spanish carriers Iberia and Iberia Express have been named the most punctual airlines in Europe in 2024, taking the two highest rankings in an industrywide survey published for the year. Iberia has been among the most punctual airlines in Europe and in the top 10 worldwide for the last nine years.

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Airline Airlines Air Traffic Control Cabin Crew 278

Aerotime

APRIL 4, 2025

The recent search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been put on hold, 11 years after the Boeing 777 disappeared without a trace. On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 people vanished from air traffic control radars less than an hour into its six-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

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Weather Air Traffic Control Cockpit Airline 264

Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

Passengers traveling with German budget airline Eurowings from Dsseldorf in Germany to Troms in Norway were left unimpressed after an eight-hour journey that saw them landing back at the German airport from where they had originally departed.

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Air Traffic Control Knot Approach Weather 262

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

However, the crew stopped the climb at 6,000ft (1,829m) around four minutes after take-off and reported to air traffic controllers that the aircraft had struck a flock of birds on departure. The aircraft took off from runway 24 at Schiphol around 10:09 local time.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 300

Aerotime

MARCH 30, 2025

During takeoff, the Delta aircraft’s onboard alert system detected a nearby aircraft, prompting air traffic controllers to issue immediate corrective instructions to both planes, successfully averting a potential collision. The Delta flight continued its journey and landed safely in Minneapolis.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Airline 240

Aerotime

JANUARY 23, 2025

The parent company of easyJet has revealed that the airline group managed to significantly improve its financial performance during the last three months of 2024, the first quarter of its current financial year (Q1). At the groups easyJet Holidays subsidiary, the package holiday arm made 43 million ($55.9) in profits, up 12 million ($15.6)

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 268

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy has suggested at her latest briefing that the Black Hawk helicopter crew may have missed a key instruction from air traffic controllers (ATC) before the crash with an American Eagle flight.

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Air Traffic Control Altimeter Cockpit Pilot 293

Aerotime

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Two LATAM Airlines aircraft have sustained damage after being involved in a ground collision at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas Airport (CGH) in Brazil. The airline has stated that it is cooperating fully with the Aeronautical Accident Investigation and Prevention Center (Cenipa), which will be conducting a full investigation into the incident.

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Tail Air Traffic Control Airplanes Airlines 294

Aerotime

JANUARY 21, 2025

At this point, some one hour and 15 minutes after departure and with the aircraft cruising at 37,000ft, the crew reported to air traffic controllers that they were experiencing a minor fuel indication issue.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Airlines Airline 278

Aerotime

MARCH 6, 2025

A category two storm heading for the east coast of Australia has forced airports to close and airlines to cancel flights in preparation for up to 80 mph winds. In preparation for the storm multiple airports have gone into lockdown and airlines including Qantas and Virgin Australia have cancelled flights until March 9, 2025.

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Air Traffic Control Weather Flight Plan Airline 263

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 29, 2025

If reports are to be believed, a fight broke out in the air traffic control tower at Washington National Airport (DCA), and it got so bad that blood was spattered on control consoles. As its described, a pair of on-duty controllers got into an argument before one threw a punch at the other.

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Air Traffic Control Airlines Airline 133

Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

The move comes despite the carrier being recently voted as one of the Best Airlines in 2024 as revealed by a survey conducted by US travel website WalletHub. Today’s action puts the airline industry on notice that we expect their flight schedules to reflect reality.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 278

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) in the US have launched an investigation following a ground collision involving a Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). Aucun bless bord.

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Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

United Airlines continues to be dissatisfied with the air traffic control situation at its primary hub at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The United States has been grappling with a shortage of ATC personnel, and some airports, like Newark, have been affected more than others.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 126

Aerotime

APRIL 25, 2025

On May 19, 2024, a United Airlines flight from Zurich to Chicago was diverted to Shannon Airport (SNN) in Ireland after a laptop became stuck beneath a business class seat. As with the recent Lufthansa flight, the United Airlines crew had been concerned about safety after they were unable to dislodge the laptop.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 152

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 3, 2025

While air traffic controllers instructed them to maintain vertical separation, that wasnt realistic given the limited departure separation. Fortunately, as usual, TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) saved the day. Did the air traffic controllers actually clear both planes at virtually the same time?

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Simple Flying

MAY 24, 2024

Airlines for America, a trade association and lobbying group, is urging the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to address the air traffic controller shortage in the United States.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 111

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Instead, the TUI flight elected to divert at Birmingham Airport (BHX) and warned air traffic control it would be on minimum fuel after holding at MAN for around 20 minutes. However, they were denied permission to land there due to the size of the aircraft.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Final Approach Weather 251

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 16, 2025

Air traffic controllers at JFK are known for sometimes having an attitude. Specifically, the JetBlue pilot seemed to think that the Ethiopian Airlines jet queuing for takeoff wasnt pulling forward all the way, because the pilots were confused about the correct order. Air traffic controller: Say again?

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Jet 118

Aerotime

MARCH 25, 2025

The decision to extend the restrictions on the Polderbaan has been backed by Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland, the body that provides air traffic control services in the Netherlands, plus airlines KLM and easyJet, which collectively say that the measure is necessary to ensure flight safety.

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Lift Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot 273

Simple Flying

JANUARY 30, 2025

As investigators are trying to piece together what may have caused American Airlines flight 5342 to crash into the Potomac River Wednesday night, new details have emerged about air traffic control (ATC) staffing at the time of the incident.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Airline Airlines 122

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 14, 2025

Im not sure what to make of this incident, other than being grateful that the Southwest Airlines pilots seemed to know what they were doing Van Nuys tower struggles to deal with difficult situation VASAviation has the air traffic control audio and a visualization of a close call in Southern California, which happened on March 17, 2025.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 106

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

An Austrian Airlines jet scheduled to operate a long haul flight ended up right where it started after flying for nearly 10 hours, though the reason for the diversion is especially strange. The airline even points out how it flew exactly the same route a couple of days earlier, without any issues.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Approach Airlines 110

Simple Flying

MAY 6, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has added three antidepressants that are approved for use by pilots and air traffic controllers (ATC), a significant development for the mental well-being of professionals working in the aviation industry.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Airlines Airline 105

Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

An American Airlines passenger has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to interfering with flight crew members and flight attendants. Audio between the aircraft pilot and air traffic control also revealed that the convict attempted to enter the flight deck.

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Air Traffic Control Flight Deck Airline Airlines 286

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

This is the first crash of a US airliner since 2009. American Eagle & helicopter DCA incident night before crash VASAviation has both the air traffic control audio and a visualization of an incident that happened the night of January 28, 2025, just over 24 hours before the fatal crash.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Pilot Approach 113

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

On the climb out, one of the Southwest pilots can be heard asking the air traffic controller how did that happen? The controller doesnt respond to that, but advises the Southwest flight to switch frequencies (which is fair, since the priority is on safety, and everything else can be discussed later).

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Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance 118

Simple Flying

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE), which serves Vail Ski Resort, recently faced extensive staffing challenges during a transition period between different contracted air traffic control service providers.

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Air Traffic Control Airline Airlines 80