CBS 13/CW31 Sacramento – SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ? It was January 10, over the skies of Monterey. An Air Traffic controller, in training, tells the pilot of a Southwest Boeing 737 he is clear to begin his descent into San Jose. It was a bad call, because a commuter flight was …Battle Brews Over Air Traffic Controller Staffing

The Federal Aviation Administration is reopening its investigation into a January 16 runway incursion at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field, an incident the agency originally dismissed as posing no safety hazard, but …FAA Takes A Second Look At Alleged SAN Runway Incursion

Times Online – Last January critics tipped Air Traffic to storm the charts. Radio 1 were already fans of their Keane-meets-Supergrass sound, Later with Jools Holland had booked them alongside the Killers and a UK club tour had sold out. Fast-forward 12 months and …Air Traffic

ZDNet – But the biggest air-traffic market in the world is the U.S. domestic market, and here, most planes are narrow-body, single-aisle planes that can’t support equipment the size of Connexion’s. Harteveldt agreed. “Connexion by Boeing was developed …In-flight Internet: Grounded for life?

THE terrifying last moments have been revealed of a Coventry aircraft which plunged into the sea, killing two people on board.English Channel plane crash terror: The final moments

A $12 million radar system at O’Hare International Airport hailed by Air Traffic controllers after its introduction last year is now the target of criticism by the union.New O’Hare radar system gets bad marks

Heavy machinery attempts to remove snow at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in this Dec.Union, FAA dispute O’Hare runway safety

A new ground radar system designed to prevent runway collisions at the nation’s busiest airports loses accuracy during snowstorms at O’Hare Airport and can fail to see snowplows, baggage carts and other …New O’Hare radar dangerous?

The Australian – TRAVELLERS are experiencing more delays and cancellations as on-time performance by airlines has slipped over the pastyear. Bad weather, bird strikes, mechanical problems and air-traffic control delays contributed to a downward trend in on-time …Airlines failing to stay on time

Investigators say that the pilot of a medical airplane that crashed and killed all three people aboard near Manhattan last year did not have any substances in his system that could have contributed to the …Additional Mercy Flight crash info released

CHICAGO_A new ground radar system designed to prevent runway collisions at the nation’s busiest airports loses accuracy during snowstorms at O’Hare Airport and can fail to see snowplows, baggage carts and other …O’Hare Radar System Criticized