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Denver air traffic control center experiences 90-second communications outage
A portion of the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center — which covers airspace in multiple states – experienced a 90-second ...
Denver air traffic control hit by outage, echoing Newark
A communications outage affecting flights approaching Denver International Airport is the latest in a series of glitches that ...
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Air traffic controllers in Denver scramble to use backups after losing communications
The FAA said in a statement that the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center lost communications for approximately 90 seconds ...
Denver air traffic controllers scrambled to use backups after losing communications Monday
The air traffic control center that covers Denver International Airport briefly lost communications on Monday, the Federal ...
Hotline between Reagan National, Pentagon hasn’t worked for 3 years
The hotline between the Department of Defense and air traffic controllers at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) has not ...
FAA has used eBay, 3D printers to replace parts for aging systems, transportation secretary says
President Trump's transportation secretary said Thursday the FAA's air traffic control system "truly is 25, 35, 40 years old ...
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Denver Airport Communication Breakdown Sparks Safety Concerns
Air traffic controllers at Denver International Airport lost communication with planes for 90 seconds due to an FAA equipment ...
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The Trump administration is staffing up parts of FAA, it’s also incentivizing thousands of departures and threatening layoffs
More than 2,700 employees have indicated they want to take an incentive offer to leave the agency, though the final number is ...
FAA meeting with Pentagon officials as agency considers new restrictions on military helicopter flights near DCA
The Federal Aviation Administration is meeting with Pentagon officials Thursday as the agency is considering slapping new ...
Air travel will be ‘worse’ this summer, lawmakers warn — as FAA gives infuriating update on system fixes, staffing issues
Air Traffic Organization deputy COO Franklin McIntosh revealed in an exchange with Klobuchar that the agency is only on track to hire 2,000 air traffic controllers by the end of this year — ...