FAA blames upkeep lapse
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Three pairs of jets came close enough to set off cockpit alarms after air traffic communications shut down because of the failure to do routine maintenance on a radio system, officials said Wednesday.
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Federal authorities on Tuesday unveiled a plan to hire 12,500 new air traffic controllers to offset an expected wave of retirements, but the controllers union says the proposal came too late
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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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At least five pairs of planes came closer than federal aviation standards allow during Tuesday&#39;s failure of a critical air-traffic control communications system covering the southwestern United States, officials with the Federal Aviation Administration
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Auditors at  Delta Air Lines raise doubts about the company's ability to stay  in business.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is facing some of the same problems that are driving the airlines to bankruptcy, rising costs and declining income.
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Disagreement regarding passenger data could ground thousands of flights.
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Thursday faulted the Air Force again for its handling of a contract with Boeing Co , upholding in part a protest by rival Pemco Aviation Group Inc .
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Federal regulators should more aggressively oversee how airlines handle customer-service issues in the wake of growing flight delays and reports of passengers being stranded on tarmacs for hours, a government watchdog reported yesterday.
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A breakdown of a radio system linking air traffic controllers to high-altitude planes over Southern California forced federal officials to halt outgoing flights for three hours Tuesday evening at several airports, including Los Angeles
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U.S. health officials say they have worked out a "lapse in communications" that was delaying China from shipping bird flu virus samples to the United States.
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Business News, NEW YORK, A computer glitch at Delta Air Lines Inc.&#39;s regional carrier Comair that stranded thousands of travelers over the Christmas weekend was largely due to a system that was old and operating beyond capacity, a source familiar with the
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Engineers sought to determine what caused a temperature control system to malfunction after an aborted launch Saturday.
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NASA's internal watchdog said Wednesday it is auditing the agency's handling of a survey on air safety that NASA shut down after it had spent $11.3 million and then withheld the results.
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The Transportation DepartmentÂs inspector general said airlines still did not provide timely or accurate information to passengers about delays.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Monday that the air traffic has seen continued recovery but, with the industry loss for 2004 expected to be 3 to 4 billion US dollars, there is no excuse to relax.
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The Federal Aviation  Administration's failure to properly maintain communications  equipment led to Tuesday's breakdown of radio contact between  air controllers and pilots over parts of the western U.S.,  officials said on Wednesday.