The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that thunderstorms and lack of response from Air Traffic controllers caused a Boca Raton man to crash his plane into a Port St. Lucie home two years ago.Boca Raton: NTSB: Lack of controller help, storms led to crash (Sun-Sentinel) Star-Banner – WASHINGTON – President Bush promised last week [...]

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airmiss: Air Traffic Control officer suspended in Delhi (PTI via Yahoo! India News)New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) As the recent air-miss incident involving a special aircraft carrying UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and a Virgin Atlantic flight was being investigated, an air traffic airmiss:Officer suspended (Chennai Online)New Delhi, SepTY 18: As the recent air-miss incident involving [...]

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The lives of four air crew and one critically ill patient were jeopardised by the immature actions of a Sydney resident who targeted their plane with a laser beam, NSW Ambulance says.Emergency NSW chopper targeted by laser (Tenterfield Star) Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is investing nearly seven billion dollars to [...]

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mak506 posted a photo: noaa atc Flow Control is Eeeeevil! loverfishy posted a photo: 174/365 Grrrrrrr! FC, ATC, GDP… all are acronyms synonymous with sheer eeeeeevil! Weston Zoyland – Old Tower Martin Third Av’n posted a photo: Weston Zoyland Aerodrome, Somerset, 03/04/2007. The old control tower still remains on this former WW2 airfield. Martin Third [...]

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31 AUG 2007 – Solenta Aviation, opf. Air Serv International de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 AccidentAccident of de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 registered ZS-NJK 30 km E of Punia Airport (PUN) – 0 fatalities 29 AUG 2007 – RAF Lockheed C-130K Hercules AccidentAccident of Lockheed C-130K Hercules registered XV205 ? within [...]

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AN AMATEUR pilot got the fright of his life yesterday afternoon when two F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets were scrambled to intercept his single-seater aircraft after he strayed into the APEC air exclusion zone.Cessna pilot flew into dogfight with RAAF (Thursday Magnet) Two F/A-18 fighter jets have reportedly fired flares at a light plane that entered [...]

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Op-Ed: Rectify Inequity In Funding Air Traffic, Airport …Business Travel News, NY – Sep 24, 2007Airlines, private flyers and corporate jet interests support modernizing our outdated and inefficient Air Traffic control system. …Op-Ed: Rectify Inequity In Funding Air Traffic, Airport … – Business Travel News WASHINGTON — President Bush promised on Thursday to take steps [...]

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