The responsibility of handling air traffic control for helicopters and incoming planes at Reagan National Airport were combined on Wednesday night ahead of a deadly collision, a report said.

THEY’VE NEVER REALLY HAD ENOUGH CONTROLLERS. IT WAS DURING THAT STRIKE FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN FIRED 11,000 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, AND THEY STILL DON’T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS.

A supervisor at the Reagan National Airport tower reportedly let an air traffic controller leave early from his shift shortly before Wednesday night’s deadly collision over the Potomac River.

When controllers in training are included, that rose to about 79%. Some traffic control towers at major airports around the country – including Philadelphia, Orlando, Austin, Albuquerque and ...

Air traffic controller staffing concerns have intensified in the aftermath of the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades. Sixty-seven people are believed to have died when a ...

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WASHINGTON - Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair collision over ...

29, an air traffic controller reportedly tried to communicate with the helicopter pilot via radio call. A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet and a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter collided on ...

Radio recordings show that the air traffic controller at Reagan National Airport told the crew of the military Black Hawk helicopter to look out for the American Airlines jet that was about to ...

American Eagle aircraft crashes in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ...

Air traffic control audio captured the dramatic communications both before and after a military helicopter collided Wednesday night with a passenger airplane in Washington D.C. The crash occurred ...