Air controllers report chaos, near misses
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Airplanes passed dangerously close to each other in at least five instances after a computer failure knocked out radio contact between pilots and air traffic controllers across the West, a union official said Wednesday.
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A near-collision between a jumbo jet and another plane in August prompted US safety investigators on Tuesday to classify as unacceptable aviation regulators&#39; efforts to improve runway safety.
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Hundreds of flights were canceled and many others delayed on Friday due to a four-hour air traffic controllers&#39; strike in Italy, when unions protested against plans to centralize control of central Europe&#39;s upper-airspace.
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Congested skies and bad weather last year resulted in more flight delays, more mishandled baggage and more complaints about airline service than in 2003, the government announced Thursday.
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Criticism over failure to close 'dangerous' airport.
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Interim report says crew error could have had 'serious consequences' had there been a fire
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Passengers who got caught up in the airlinesâ troubles over Christmas saw a glimpse of what may await them in the coming year. The winter storms and computer malfunctions
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Months before the Comair jet crash that killed 49 people, air traffic controllers at the Lexington airport wrote to federal officials complaining about a hostile working environment in the tower and short-staffing on the overnight shift, according to letters obtained by The Associated Press.
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More travel chaos is expected at France's main airports as a strike by Air France workers continues.
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D/FW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas -- The Federal Aviation Administration appears to be on track to lose about 75 percent of its air traffic controllers within 10 years.
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The crash of Comair flight 5191 at the airport in Lexington highlights both the remarkable record of the FAA in keeping the skies safe and the long-running concerns that the biggest threats may be on the ground
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For the seventh time in two weeks, an airliner has been diverted from a flight over Europe after a mid-air bomb scare. A Virgin Atlantic Airways flight was diverted to land at an airport north of London, England
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The Federal Aviation Administration&#39;s failure to properly maintain communications equipment led to Tuesday&#39;s breakdown of radio contact between air controllers and pilots over parts of the western US, officials said on Wednesday.
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A cascading computer failure in the nation's air-traffic control system caused severe flight delays and some cancellations Friday along the East Coast.
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Airports across Germany were braced for further chaos from midnight yesterday after pay talks between management and pilots at the country's main airline Lufthansa broke down.
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A 45-minute outage at Air Canadaâs reservation computer during a busy period early this morning caused delays in departures from airports across Canada and in the United States.
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Passengers shed tears of frustration and worried aloud about flight safety while waiting in long, chaotic lines at Britain's airports Thursday, after the announcement of an alleged terrorist plot brought air travel to a halt.