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2025-09-19 22:19
Flights resume after radar and communication outages hit air traffic controllers in Dallas
By Pete Muntean Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper People gather near an American Airlines desk on Friday, September 19, as planes are delayed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to a reported telecommunication outage. Lorenzo Ferrigno/CNN A telecommunication outage caused Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers in Dallas to lose radar and some communications Friday afternoon, -
2025-07-08 16:30
Delta Flight Diverted to Fort Myers After Onboard Battery Fire, FAA Notes Rise in Lithium Battery Incidents
A Delta Air Lines flight made an unscheduled landing yesterday in Fort Myers, Florida, due to a portable battery catching fire on board. Flight 1334, en route from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale, was diverted when flight attendants noticed and extinguished flames from what seemed to be a personal battery, Delta confirmed in a statement reported -
2024-10-02 23:19
Certain college grads can now be air traffic controllers immediately
The FAA air traffic control tower at Orlando International Airport. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP The Federal Aviation Administration says that graduates of two college air traffic control programs can now bypass the agency’s backlogged training academy. The new announcement is the FAA’s latest move to tackle air traffic controller shortages that have plagued the air travel -
2024-05-14 23:25
FAA still short about 3,000 air traffic controllers, new federal numbers show
The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg/Getty Images Gregory Wallace, CNN Updated 3:38 PM EDT, Tue May 14, 2024 Despite a surge in hiring last year, air traffic control stations nationwide are still about 3,000 controllers short, according to new