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Human air traffic controllers keep flyers safe. Should AI have a role?
To recap, on April 28, air traffic controllers handling inbound traffic at Newark experienced a brief radar and radio outage.
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Helicopter-Airplane Near Miss: Urgent Calls for Air Traffic Control Overhaul
An Army helicopter's temporary loss of contact with air traffic controllers led to two commercial jets aborting landings near ...
Fact check: Did Trump's transportation secretary vote against air traffic control upgrades?
"When Sean Duffy was a congressman, he and other Republicans voted against upgrading air traffic control systems," Robert Reich, an economist who served as Clinton administration labor secretary, ...
United training director says reacting to air traffic control issues in ‘pilots’ DNA’
United Airlines Capt. Miles Morgan says a loss of communication with air traffic control is one of the first things pilots ...
Lone Newark air traffic controller who handled terrifying 90-second outage reveals it’s ‘only a matter of time before we have a fatal crash’
A veteran air traffic controller who was alone during the terrifying 90-second blackout at Newark Liberty International ...
This redundant aviation safety net helps keep planes safe when controllers lose contact
It was alarming news when air traffic controllers directing planes coming and going around one of the nation's busiest airports repeatedly lost their radar and radio communications, but pilots, ...