Read more FAA stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/786/faa.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:41:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74414/faa-says-airport-computer-glitch-fixed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again. The air traffic controllers union says the computer failure involved both of the Federal Aviation Administration's computer centers in Salt Lake City and Atlanta, which handle flight plans for air traffic throughout the country.http://www.newser.com/story/74414/faa-says-airport-computer-glitch-fixed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 9:56:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74402/computer-glitch-causes-nationwide-flight-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA problem with the FAA system that collects airlines' flight plans has caused widespread flight cancellations and delays across the US today. An FAA spokeswoman says she doesn't know how many flights are being affected or when the problem will be resolved, but the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's...http://www.newser.com/story/74402/computer-glitch-causes-nationwide-flight-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 8:23:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74014/faa-admits-flubs-on-wandering-northwest-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FAA should have taken more decisive action on the Northwest Airlines flight that fell out of communication with ground control for 77 minutes last month, officials acknowledged today. While the plane was out of contact, air-traffic controllers changed shifts and failed to warn their replacements about the runaway plane....http://www.newser.com/story/74014/faa-admits-flubs-on-wandering-northwest-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72686/faa-revokes-northwest-pilots-licenses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe distracted pilots of Northwest Airlines Flight 188 are no longer pilots: the FAA today announced it has revoked the licenses of Timothy Cheney, 53, and Richard Cole, 54, for the incident last week in which the pair overshot their destination airport by 150 miles. The pilots, who attributed the...http://www.newser.com/story/72686/faa-revokes-northwest-pilots-licenses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 16:41:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72518/naptime-nothing-new-for-pilots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPilot naps and arguments are hardly unique in airline screw ups, statistics reveal as investigators try to figure out what caused Northwest Airlines flight 188 to overshoot its destination airport by 155 miles. Pilots Timothy Cheney and Richard Cole, who were interviewed yesterday NTSB investigators, claim they missed the Minneapolis...http://www.newser.com/story/72518/naptime-nothing-new-for-pilots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 5:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72450/cockpit-recorder-no-help-in-northwest-flight-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBecause the aircraft has an old cockpit voice recorder, the world may never know why the pilots of Northwest Flight 188 lost contact with ground control for 78 minutes. The recorder on the Airbus A320 has a maximum memory of 30 minutes, after which it tapes over itself. So investigators...http://www.newser.com/story/72450/cockpit-recorder-no-help-in-northwest-flight-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 15:30:49 CDThttp://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/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/64402/southwest-probed-after-hole-opens-midflight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouthwest Airlines' maintenance practices are coming under tight scrutiny after a football-sized hole opened in the top of a Boeing 737 midflight and forced an emergency landing, reports the Dallas Morning New s. Nobody was injured, but the NTSB and FAA have launched probes and lawmakers are being briefed on...http://www.newser.com/story/64402/southwest-probed-after-hole-opens-midflight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 1:16:47 CDT