Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

The National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) has issued a preliminary report into the fatal accident involving a Bering Air Cessna 208B Caravan registered N321BA, which crashed in a remote part of Alaska on February 6, 2025, operating flight number 445. Shortly afterward, the airplane began to descend.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

In a dispatch message shared on its website, the Alaska Department of Public Safety states that it was contacted by the 11th Air Force Alaska Rescue Coordination Center (AKRCC) about an overdue aircraft on February 6, 2025, at 16:00 local time. About 10 minutes before reaching Nome, the aircraft lost radio contact with air traffic control.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

However, about five minutes before landing, radio contact was lost with the pilots, although the transponder continued to work normally which transmitted the aircraft’s height and position information to the air traffic controllers at Guarulhos Airport.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Look, I’d like to think that I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but this sure makes you wonder… Pilots report object in sky “jogging back and forth” VASAviation is an awesome YouTube channel that shares interesting air traffic control audio. And would be moving in formation, sometimes really fast on the horizon.

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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. NetJets pilot: RNAV 24, Execjet 636. NetJets pilot: Yes, sir. Air traffic controller: Its okay.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 14, 2025

Air traffic controllers have stressful jobs, and a vast majority of them go above and beyond to be professional. Air traffic controllers youre on request causes confusion Let me start by saying that this is hardly the most offensive interaction that this guy has had, but its so indicative of an unnecessary hostility.

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Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

However, as the flight approached Troms, air traffic control reported winds at the arrival airport had reached speeds of up to 48 knots (88 km/h) which were outside of those permitted for crews to land in by the operating airline.

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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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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 16, 2025

Air traffic controllers at JFK are known for sometimes having an attitude. There was a point where the planes were merging, and one of the JetBlue pilots in the queue seemed to think there was confusion regarding the order in which planes were supposed to merge onto the taxiway. Air traffic controller: Say again?

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Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

link] pic.twitter.com/yH6fO1zlf4 — Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 14, 2025 Air traffic control based at Phoenix Sky Harbor issued corrective instructions to both flight crews. Another win for TCAS with a close call in Phoenix between a United 737 and Delta A330 over the weekend.

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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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Aerotime

MARCH 24, 2025

Loved ones of those killed on Germanwings flight 9525 have come together to remember the deceased 10 years after co-pilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately downed the aircraft. He did not respond to the calls from the civil or military air traffic controllers, nor to knocks on the door.

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Aerotime

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

After the pilots realized the aircraft was rolling backwards, they immediately set the parking brake bringing the airplane to a halt. The pilot immediately applied the brakes to halt the aircraft. Then the pilots applied the parking brake.” All passengers disembarked the aircraft normally with no injuries reported.

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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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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

However, for whatever reason, the pilots taxied right across runway 31C, as the Southwest 737 was flaring to land. Fortunately the Southwest pilots were paying close attention, and they initiated a go around, a moment before touchdown. The Bombardier pilots were given a phone number to call, for a pilot deviation.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance 117

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 9, 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. Still, it’s the air traffic controller’s tone that’s most noteworthy anyway.

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Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

Twenty-five years on from this terrible accident, we look back at what led up to the crash, what was learned from it, and why the pilots Ted Thompson and Bill Tansky are now hailed as heroes for their actions during the incident. Wikimedia Flying the aircraft were two highly experienced former military pilots.

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AV Web

MARCH 1, 2025

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has doubled down on a threat to revoke the certificates of pilots found to blame for causing accidents. In the aftermath of a tight runway incursion at Chicago Midway last week, Duffy posted on X that it is imperative that pilots follow the instructions of air traffic controllers.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Runway 116

Aerotime

MARCH 13, 2025

It may also surprise you that Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) and Multi-Crew Pilot License (MPL) holders are perfectly positioned to benefit from significant transfer credits toward a Bachelor of Science in either Aeronautics or Pilot Operations, which can cut time and tuition fees by up to a quarter.

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Aerotime

MARCH 25, 2025

The runway, formally designated as runway 18R/36L but known to many as the Polderbaan, has faced daily usage restrictions since March 5, 2025, as pilots of landing aircraft reported being dazzled by glare from the panels as they attempted to land on the runway. The position of the sun means that this effect occurs in the late morning.

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Simple Flying

JULY 24, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has partnered with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to ensure controllers receive enough rest in between their shifts. The aviation industry has grappled with a string of safety-related incidents involving pilots and air traffic controllers.

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Simple Flying

JUNE 6, 2024

Have you ever heard an Air Traffic Controller speak to an aircraft pilot over the radio? Constant communication between the aircraft commander (pilots) and radio controllers enables safe navigation of aircraft on the ground and in the air.

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Simple Flying

MAY 26, 2024

Air Traffic Controllers are often overlooked in commercial aviation and are often only depicted as voices over the radio instructing pilots to do one thing or another. Nonetheless, these individuals ensure that all flights take off on time and land safely.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot 122

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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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

pic.twitter.com/UhJzCE00Qz — air plus news (@airplusnews) February 5, 2025 The FAA confirmed that the Japan Airlines aircraft had landed at the airport after flying for more than eight hours from Tokyo. The planes were in an area that is not under air traffic control, the FAA added. Aucun bless bord.

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Aerotime

JULY 30, 2024

A recording of the conversation between a pilot of the DL1304 and air traffic control was uploaded to YouTube. The DL1304 pilot informed SLC that the headwind was exceeding safe limits for takeoff. We’re just running the number, so stand by,” the Delta 1304 pilot told air traffic control.

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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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Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It's obvious a universal aviation language is needed for pilots and air traffic controllers to communicate clearly and efficiently around the world.

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Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The airport's air traffic control tower is among the most noticeable at any given field. In other cases, control towers are built to stand tall to provide controllers with panoramic views of the airport. Here's a list of the five tallest air traffic control towers in the United States.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

According to a statement issued by Iberia, these figures are particularly noteworthy given the complex challenges faced by aviation this year, such as regulations in European airspace, congestion at some of the airports served by both airlines, labor disputes at some air traffic control centers and the global shortage of spare parts.

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Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

This complexity was highlighted just last week when two separate go-around procedures were executed to prevent potential collision a testament to the airport's robust safety protocols and the critical split-second decisions made by air traffic controllers and pilots.

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AV Web

MARCH 9, 2025

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says it will take a maximum of 18 months to “rebuild the air traffic control system” if Congress will up-front the funding. Meanwhile, the Air Line Pilots Association has had a word with Duffy about comments he made after runway incursion at Midway Airport in Chicago 10 days ago.

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Simple Flying

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Air traffic controllers are unequivocally essential to ensuring the aviation industry operates safely and efficiently. Much of the business was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but as over four years have passed, nearly all components have bounced back, including progress in the long-endured pilot shortage.

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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. First of all, this is very congested airspace, and theres a lot of traffic.

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AV Web

MARCH 20, 2025

According to the pilot operating handbook, the maximum permissible takeoff weight for such conditions was the same as the basic airplanes weight, 8,807 pounds. In the final communications with air traffic control, the pilot was informed to descend to 4,000 feet at his discretion.

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Aerotime

MARCH 4, 2025

On the morning of March 1, 2025, the FAA reported that several pilots seemed to have received false alarms from the onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). According to the FAA , TCAS is a family of airborne devices that function independently of the ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system.

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Inspire

MARCH 6, 2025

Story by Heidi Axum, EAA Lifetime 1462447; Photos courtesy of Tucker Axum, EAA Lifetime 1418919 You would think with all the talking pilots do with air traffic controllers and with their buddies at the hangar, that theyd be better communicators.

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