Aerotime

MARCH 7, 2025

The report said that the aircraft, registered XA-UCI, was flying for around one minute when it crashed on a street in Philidelphia, and that the flight crew was in communication with air traffic control at the time of the accident. There were no distress calls received from the flight crew, the NTSB said.

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Air Traffic Control Cockpit Jet Pilot 276

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Delta jet was reportedly awaiting de-icing to commence when the incident occurred. However, as the right outboard section of the wing on the JAL 787 reaches abeam the rear of the Delta jet, it strikes the rudder of the latter, deflecting the rudder to the left before coming to a sudden stop. Aucun bless bord.

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Tail Rudder Air Traffic Control Jet 290

Aerotime

JULY 10, 2024

Footage captured on a police vehicle’s dashcam appeared to show two regional jets almost collide midair in the United States (US). Video shot on July 8, 2024, showed a Delta Connection flight, operated by Endeavour Air, departing Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR), New York, shortly after 11:50. This is wild.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Airplanes 290

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

As an aviation geek,I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job coveringnoteworthy air traffic control interactions. So this isnt just some random dude flying his own jet, or something. Air traffic controller: Its okay.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Clearance 117

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 114

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 14, 2025

The air traffic control frequency was really busy, and long story short, the United 737 that was on a straight approach and the Delta A330 that was being vectored for the approach got uncomfortably close. That being said, obviously the air traffic controller put these pilots in an unfortunate situation.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Final Approach 116

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. As you might expect, putting two heavy jets on a near collision course with little ability to deviate isnt ideal. I guess at least a close call wasnt in the United States, for once?

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Cargo 110

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

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

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. While the jet was on approach, it came within less than 1,000 feet of a military helicopter.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Pilot Approach 107

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. As the jet flew over the Red Sea and approached Eritrea, it suddenly turned around. The decision was made to return all the way to Vienna.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Approach Airline 109

Simple Flying

APRIL 5, 2025

A commercial pilot has been handed a hefty fine after failing to establish communications with air traffic control (ATC) for over 30 minutes, leading to the RAF scrambling two Eurofighter Typhoon jets.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Jet 76

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

According to ADS-B data, the Southwest 737 was only feet above the runway surface, and around 1,600 feet short of the intersection where the other jet was taxiing. On the climb out, one of the Southwest pilots can be heard asking the air traffic controller how did that happen?

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Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance 117

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

At around 24,000 feet, the crew got the aircraft largely under control. They radioed air traffic control, advising that the situation had become much worse, and again talked to Alaska Airlines maintenance for advice. When it was brought up from the ocean floor, the investigators were shocked by what they found.

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Horizontal Stabilizer Stability Airline Airlines 290

Simple Flying

AUGUST 13, 2024

Vienna International Airport, known for its architectural grandeur and strategic importance, is home to one of the world's most remarkable air traffic control towers. This article explores this unique structure's design, functionality, and significance.

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Air Traffic Control Jet 105

AV Web

DECEMBER 30, 2024

“Air traffic controllers directed Key Lime Air Flight 563 to hold short of crossing a runway at Los Angeles International Airport because a second aircraft was taking off from the runway at the time,” the agency said in a statement to NBC News. The jet never crossed the runway edge line.”

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Runway Air Traffic Control Jet Airplanes 105

AV Web

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Investigators found multiple human errors to be the primary cause of the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines jet and a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) aircraft at Tokyos Haneda Airport earlier this year. Controllers also did not notice the runway occupancy alert (alerting them to a potential collision) had been going off for about a minute.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Clearance Jet 111

Aerotime

MARCH 4, 2025

According to the FAA , TCAS is a family of airborne devices that function independently of the ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system. All TCAS systems provide some degree of collision threat alerting, as well as a traffic display.

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Air Traffic Control Approach Pilot Jet 272

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As the BAC One-Eleven jet airliner began its flight from Birmingham to Málaga, an improperly installed windscreen panel separated from its airframe, forcing Captain Tim Lancaster head-first out of the cockpit.

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Pilot Flight Deck Cockpit Air Traffic Control 290

AV Web

JANUARY 14, 2025

On a December 23 night flight to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, the business jet was cruising near the Bahamas at Flight Level 430 or FL 450 when air traffic control asked them to look for a foreign object near their position.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Jet 98

AV Web

MARCH 6, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on the fatal medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia on Jan. Investigators noted that while the Learjet 55 crew were in communication with air traffic controllers, no distress calls were made before the accident.

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Cockpit Instrument Meteorological Conditions Jet Air Traffic Control 71

AV Web

MARCH 26, 2025

Asked if business jets should not be allowed to operate at commercial airports, Rocheleau responded, Were going to have commercial aviation, business aviation, general aviation at multiple airports across the nation.

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Air Traffic Control General Aviation Runway Jet 94

Aerotime

AUGUST 22, 2024

An emergency was declared on an Air India flight from Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) to Trivandrum International Airport (TRV) in India after a bomb threat was found in the aircraft’s lavatory. The threat was declared at 07:36, local time, after it was reported a few minutes earlier by the crew.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Pilot Airline 278

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 21, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet attempted to take off from a taxiway yesterday, somehow mistaking it for a runway in broad daylight. Orlando Airport map (MCO) According to ADS-B data, the aircraft made it all the way to 70 knots before it rejected its takeoff, after an air traffic controller warned them of what was going on.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Knot Pilot 94

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

pic.twitter.com/iD1KzXXI8L — Airbus (@Airbus) November 14, 2024 On November 6, 2023, the chosen demonstrator, a modified Cessna Citation VII business jet, flew for the first time and was due to undergo additional flight testing.

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Lift Drag Air Traffic Control Tail 316

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently revealed that a private jet carrying the Gonazaga University men's basketball team was recently involved in a runway incident. The air traffic control tower at LAX told the pilots to immediately stop their aircraft ahead of the active runway.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Approach 128

AV Web

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to reduce air traffic at Reagan Washington National Airport to address safety concerns following last weeks deadly midair collision between a regional jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, which claimed 67 lives.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Airplanes Jet 80

Captain Laura

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This way, the jet you will be taking is usually in position the night before and is available for you in the morning. It is so easy to get dehydrated with coffee, alcohol, heaters, and low jet humidity. Unfortunately, most of the time these situations are due to air traffic control delays caused by weather.

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Weather Air Traffic Control Jet Airline 105

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As an aviation geek, I love listening to air traffic control audio, and the VASAviation YouTube channel does an incredible job picking up on some of the more interesting interactions that happen. Along those lines, a recent event at San Diego International Airport (SAN) gave me a good chuckle. Thats rough.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Tarmac Flight Deck 100

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

KTVU @SFGate @VASAviation pic.twitter.com/Lqkh5snd8i Hoppinaroundtheworld (@Hopinarndthwrld) February 24, 2025 Fortunately air traffic controllers at SFO got a low altitude alert, and informed the pilots of their concerning altitude. Definitely flashbacks to 2013. As a result, they initiated a go around.

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Approach Knot Air Traffic Control Final Approach 108

Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2024

The aircraft is subsequently instructed by Los Angeles Air Traffic Control (ATC) to turn right to avoid the previous departing aircraft one mile ahead of them (an Embraer jet) which can be seen climbing straight ahead in the video.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Threshold Descent 290

Flightworx

MAY 1, 2024

Air traffic control rooms are strategic nerve centres in the aviation industry. Subject to many Hollywood films, and shrouded in mystery, this guide uncovers some of the most intriguing aspects of air traffic control rooms. What do air traffic controllers do? What technology is used?

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Air Traffic Control Transponder Weather Flight Plan 52

One Mile at a Time

JULY 18, 2024

VASAviation is an awesome YouTube channel that shares some interesting air traffic control situations, with both ATC audio and a recreation of what happened. The key part of this is that the left turn is only supposed to be made when the air traffic controller calls for it.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Jet 117

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 28, 2024

As an aviation geek, I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job covering noteworthy air traffic control interactions. Well, VASAviation has just published another JFK ATC video, this time involving an Air France pilot.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Knot 120

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 28, 2025

Air traffic controllers in New York have the reputation for sometimes having a bit of an attitude with pilots, and losing their cool. So heres an interesting interaction, where the opposite is true the pilot loses his cool, while the air traffic controller keeps his calm. Traffics on a mile final.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Clearance 96

AV Web

MARCH 2, 2025

Right after the mishap, which we likely would never have learned anything about save for some plane spotters exceeding their wildest expectations, he posted on X that it’s imperative that pilots follow the instructions of air traffic controllers. If they do not, their licenses will be pulled.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Approach 105

Simple Flying

JANUARY 5, 2025

Air force bases can get very busy handling a broad range of aircraft, from massive C-5M Super Galaxies to fighter jets to secretive, stealthy reconnaissance drones (although it is hard to say which is the busiest US Air Force base ).

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Air Traffic Control Jet 105

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 21, 2024

Based on air traffic control audio , the pilots didn’t even realize what they were doing until the air traffic controller warned them, thanks to a low altitude alert in the tower: Air traffic controller: “Southwest 4069, low altitude alert, you good out there?”

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 125