Three days of investigative hearings on the deadly midair collision over Washington in January begin Wednesday and aim to reveal new insights into what caused the crash between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people. The National Transportation Safety Board will question witnesses and investigators about how the actions of the…
Flight simulator helps pilots train for air traffic control outages – CBS News Watch CBS News Outages have hit air traffic control facilities around the country over the last few months. Kris Van Cleave reports on how pilots are training to respond to them. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news,…
Air traffic controllers in Florida briefly lost their radar Friday after a fiber optic line was cut, but the outage didn’t lead to disruptions like what happened after similar outages around the Newark, New Jersey, airport this spring. Controllers were able to continue directing planes across five states in the Southeast because a backup system…