FAA examines communications network involved in last month’s massive air traffic snarl

FAA examines reliability of communications network

Northwest pilot who overshot destination blame air traffic controllers in part for incident

Northwest pilots blame US air traffic controllers

Northwest pilot who overshot Minneapolis blame air traffic controllers in part for incident

Northwest pilots blame air traffic controllers

Supreme Court won’t hear woman’s appeal of airplane crash lawsuit time limit

Court won’t hear appeal on airplane crash

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a woman who wants to sue the government because air traffic controllers told the pilot of a homemade airplane to continue flying in a thunderstorm before it fatally crashed.

FAA transcripts show controllers trying to reach Northwest flight that overflew Minneapolis

FAA transcripts show efforts to reach Flight 188

FAA says widespread delays, cancellations in US due to problem with flight plan system

FAA glitch causes widespread US air travel delays

FAA says computers working again; Controllers union says problems in Salt Lake City, too

FAA says flight computers working again

WASHINGTON — FAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again.

FAA splits low Hudson River airspace into 2 zones in response to mid-air crash

FAA splits Hudson River airspace into 2 low zones

FAA: Hudson airspace splitting into local and long distance zones after mid-air crash

FAA splitting Hudson airspace into local, distance

Officials seek clues in S. Calif. midair crash as search continues for 9 missing servicemen

Investigators seek clues in S. Calif. midair crash

Searchers scour ocean for 9 missing in Coast Guard plane, Marine helicopter crash

Calif. searchers seek survivors after midair crash

FAA: Military should have been told sooner by controllers about Northwest Airlines plane

FAA: Military should have been told sooner

Distracted driving inquiry expanded to include ‘distracted flying’ thanks to Northwest pilots

Northwest pilots prompt look at distracted flying

Transportation secretary expands distracted driving inquiry to include distracted flying

LaHood adds ‘distracted flying’ to inquiry

FAA grounds Northwest pilots who overflew Minneapolis by 150 miles, decision can be appealed

FAA grounds wayward Northwest Airlines pilots

FAA revokes licenses of Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis by 150 miles

FAA revokes licenses of wayward Northwest pilots

Northwest pilot whose plane missed Twin Cities by 150 miles says no one in cockpit was asleep

MINNEAPOLIS — The first officer of the Northwest Airlines jet that missed its destination by 150 miles says there was no disagreement in the cockpit, neither he nor the captain was napping and the passengers were never in any danger.

Recorder may not help solve alarming question: How did pilots overshoot landing by 150 miles?

WASHINGTON — Were the pilots distracted? Catching up on their sleep? Federal investigators struggled to determine what the crew members of a Northwest Airlines jetliner were doing at 37,000 feet as they sped 150 miles past their Minneapolis destination and military jets readied to chase them. Unfortunately, the cockpit voice recorder may not tell the tale.

New audio recording catches air traffic controller chuckling, teasing before deadly crash

WASHINGTON — The air traffic controller banters and chuckles, engrossed in a teasing phone call with a giggling friend, unaware that two aircraft are on a collision course over New York’s Hudson River.

Controllers union says FAA computers run into problems during tests, may not be ready in time

WASHINGTON — A new computer system key to modernization of the nation’s air traffic control system has run into problems, raising doubts about whether it can be operational 15 months from now when current computers must be replaced, union officials said Wednesday.

Small plane crashes into Ind. field after pilot seen slumped over the controls; pilot killed

ALBANY, Ind. — A single-engine plane crashed into an Indiana cornfield Wednesday after the pilot, who was seen slumped over at the controls, lost consciousness and the aircraft flew out of control, officials said.

Small plane crashes in eastern Indiana field; erratic flying could signal pilot blackout

ALBANY, Ind. — A single-engine plane crashed into an Indiana field on Wednesday after the pilot, who was seen slumped over, lost consciousness and the aircraft started flying out of control, officials said.

France asks for report on absenteeism among air traffic controllers

PARIS — France’s transport minister asked civil aviation authorities Wednesday to look into a report of widespread absenteeism among the country’s air traffic controllers.

NTSB chairman: Pilot in Hudson River mid-air crash had wrong radio frequency, wasn’t told

WASHINGTON — The pilot of a plane involved in a mid-air collision over the Hudson River read back the wrong radio frequency to an air traffic controller but wasn’t corrected by the controller, a federal safety official said Wednesday.

A new air traffic control system using satellite technology get a roll out in Gulf of Mexico

WASHINGTON — Air traffic controllers will begin using satellite technology in December to track aircraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico, a significant milestone in the government’s program to replace the nation’s radar-based air traffic system, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Monday.

Proposed changes to Hudson River airspace could add work for air traffic controllers

NEWARK, N.J. — Airplane and helicopter pilot groups lauded the proposed changes to the airspace over the Hudson River Thursday, while air traffic controllers braced for the possibility of an increased workload the new regulations could produce.

FAA says it will modify airspace rules over Hudson River in wake of fatal collision

NEWARK, N.J. — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will change rules for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York City following last month’s deadly midair crash of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter.

Officials say controller chatting on phone about dead cat before deadly mid-air crash

WASHINGTON — The air traffic controller handling the small plane involved in a deadly crash with a helicopter over the Hudson River was chatting on the telephone about a dead cat at the airport and initially failed to warn the pilot of other aircraft in his path, officials say.

Officials: Controller chatting on phone about dead cat failed to warn pilot in Hudson crash

WASHINGTON — An air traffic controller bantering on the phone about a dead cat at the airport initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot, officials said Friday. Moments later, the plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.

NTSB says controller on phone failed to warn pilot of plane in Hudson River midair crash

WASHINGTON — An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot, federal safety officials said Friday. Moments later, the plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.