National Transportation Safety Board officials said Friday that a key transmission from Reagan National Airport’s air traffic ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder didn’t capture key directions from ...

The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air ...

Concerns that a deadly collision could occur at Reagan National Airport had long been building. But attempts to draw attention to potentially dangerous conditions sometimes went unheeded.

North Korea has informed the UN aviation agency of a plan to sever its air traffic control communication channel with South ...

But the air traffic control tower caught on that there was an issue, the recordings suggest. “Medevac med service zero-five-six, northeast tower, are you on frequency?” a controller asks almost four ...

At 8:48 p.m., about 12 seconds after the second air traffic control tower alert, the helicopter and passenger plane collided. At 8:48 p.m. on Wednesday night, about 12 seconds after the second air ...

A lot of air traffic control towers are understaffed and President Donald Trump blamed DEI not only for the crash itself, but for the FAA turning away 1,000 job applicants, alleging it worsen ...

WASHINGTON – More than 90 per cent of the United States’ 313 air traffic control facilities ... As at January, 285 facilities – which include traffic control towers and other locations ...

But the air traffic control tower caught on that there was an issue, the recordings suggest. “Medevac med service zero-five-six, northeast tower, are you on frequency?” a controller asks ...

At the time of the incident, only one air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters and some planes from the Reagan National Airport tower, a task that usually requires two individuals.

A nationwide air traffic controller shortage is raising aviation safety concerns, as a new report reveals critical understaffing at U.S. airport towers amid the deadly Washington, D.C., collision.