Read more air traffic control stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/15688/air-traffic-control.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:52:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66981/agencies-squabble-over-controllers-role-in-hudson-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Transportation Board's view of the events that caused last weekend's crash over the Hudson River doesn't jibe with the FAA's, the Wall Street Journal reports. The NTSB chronology released yesterday suggests that errors from air traffic controllers—one of whom was one the phone to his girlfriend at...http://www.newser.com/story/66981/agencies-squabble-over-controllers-role-in-hudson-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Aug 2009 8:30:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66957/air-controller-failed-to-warn-hudson-pilot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn air traffic controller failed to warn the pilot of a plane in last weekend's mid-air collision over the Hudson River, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled today. Chatting on the phone, the controller did not inform the pilot that "there were several aircraft detected by radar in the area...http://www.newser.com/story/66957/air-controller-failed-to-warn-hudson-pilot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 17:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66871/air-traffic-controllers-suspended-over-hudson-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe two air traffic controllers on duty at Teterboro Airport during Saturday's mid-air collision over the Hudson River have been suspended and will likely be fired, the New York Daily News reports. Investigators have found that one of the men was on the phone to his girlfriend at the time...http://www.newser.com/story/66871/air-traffic-controllers-suspended-over-hudson-crash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 1:19:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61042/faa-may-shut-20-air-traffic-weather-offices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FAA may close 20 weather offices in air traffic control centers across the US, and instead connect all air traffic controllers to a pair of stations in Maryland and Missouri, the Washington Post reports. The money-saving plan would mean cutting controllers’ face-to-face contact with weather officials, something technology has...http://www.newser.com/story/61042/faa-may-shut-20-air-traffic-weather-offices.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 7:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58282/hackers-expose-holes-in-air-traffic-safety.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCivilian air traffic computer networks are riddled with security holes, and hackers have breached them several times in the past few years, the Wall Street Journal reports. Intruders could gain access to operational systems by first hacking into administrative areas using 763 separate “high risk” holes in those systems, according...http://www.newser.com/story/58282/hackers-expose-holes-in-air-traffic-safety.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 7:45:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54134/mont-plane-didnt-report-trouble-ntsb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe plane that crashed yesterday in Montana, killing all 14 aboard, gave no indication to air traffic controllers that the aircraft was experiencing difficulty when the pilot asked to divert to an airport in Butte, a federal safety official said today. There was "no indication of any trouble when the...http://www.newser.com/story/54134/mont-plane-didnt-report-trouble-ntsb.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 11:19:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50723/tapes-point-to-ice-as-crash-factor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIcy conditions may have been a factor in the plane crash near Buffalo that killed 50 last night, the Buffalo News reports. Just after the disaster, air traffic controllers asked other nearby pilots about ice. Several confirmed that they had "picked up rime ice." After a long pause, an air...http://www.newser.com/story/50723/tapes-point-to-ice-as-crash-factor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Feb 2009 6:55:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50007/faa-releases-audio-of-hudson-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Federal Aviation Administration today released remarkable audio recordings capturing pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger’s decision to land US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River. Sullenberger can be heard discussing the Jan. 15 landing with air-traffic control, CNN reports. As controllers scramble to find a runway for an emergency...http://www.newser.com/story/50007/faa-releases-audio-of-hudson-landing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 10:46:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29656/will-fewer-flights-mean-fewer-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith fuel prices soaring into the skies, fewer airplanes will be following suit, but don't think that translates to less time on the tarmac. Airlines' cutbacks will ground planes, but mostly on less-traveled routes to smaller cities, the New York Times reports. The congestion at LAX and JFK isn't likely...http://www.newser.com/story/29656/will-fewer-flights-mean-fewer-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Jun 2008 9:52:04 CDT