Southbound air traffic grounded
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Airline flights to and from airports within a huge swath of the southwestern United States were grounded for several hours Tuesday when the region&#39;s radio and radar system broke down, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.
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An investigation was underway Friday into how a jet crash landed short of the runway at London Heathrow, injuring 18 people and cancelling more than 200 flights at the world's busiest international airport.
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Air traffic controllers were forced to use their personal cell phones to reroute hundreds of flights Tuesday after the Federal Aviation Administration's Memphis Center lost radar and telephone service for more than two hours, snarling air traffic in the middle of the nation.
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Dublin Airport was closed for 30 minutes this morning because of the bad weather.
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A communications failure at a Federal Aviation Administration control facility forced some airports in the West to hold flights on the ground Tuesday afternoon, a Los Angeles International Airport spokeswoman said.
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The FAA says its failure to do routine maintenance caused the shutdown of a critical air traffic communications system that delayed dozens of flights in the Bay Area.
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A strike by customs officers on Friday slowed passenger traffic at airports across Australia, but a last-minute contingency plan averted major strife at the nation's largest airport, Sydney, customs officials said.
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The federal government said yesterday that it would investigate air travel disruptions over the holiday weekend that left thousands of people stranded at airports or without their luggage when they reached their destinations.
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Two light aircraft are involved in a mid-air collision in the midlands.
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US aviation authorities lifted an order grounding flights to southern California at 8 pm PDT (11 pm EDT) on Wednesday, more than three hours after air traffic controllers
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Even if you never fly through Chicago, your plane may end up delayed because of congestion at the O&#39;Hare Airport. Delays there cause a ripple effect through the country&#39;s entire air-traffic system.
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By Ken Kaye, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 9--Back-to-back failures in air traffic control computers snarled airline traffic along the East Coast and across the nation Friday.
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Stansted airport is the designated emergency landing ground for planes in British airspace hit by in-flight security alerts. Emergency services at Stansted have successfully dealt
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U.S. aviation authorities lifted an  order grounding flights to southern California at 8 p.m. PDT  (11 p.m. EDT) on Wednesday, more than three hours after air  traffic controllers lost radio contact with high-altitude  aircraft.
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Emergency services search for a light aircraft which lost contact with air traffic control over Oxfordshire.
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Travelers heading home on the morning after Christmas faced delays as some flights heading to Detroit were held at their originating airports because of fog.
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Airline flights destined for airports within a huge swath of the southwestern United States were halted for several hours Tuesday when the region&#39;s radio and radar system broke down, according to Bay Area airport officials.