Concerns that a deadly collision could occur at Reagan National Airport had long been building. But attempts to draw attention to potentially dangerous conditions sometimes went unheeded.

Cognitive control is the process by which goals or plans influence behaviour. Also called executive control, this process can inhibit automatic responses and influence working memory. Cognitive ...

Federal investigators revealed that air traffic control facilities at more than a third of airports in the U.S. are obsolete ...

United Air Lines Flight 736, a DC-7 passenger plane carrying 47 people, had collided with an Air Force F-100F fighter jet ...

President Donald Trump says he thinks last week's deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter wouldn't have ...

In Lancaster County, a former air traffic controller is reacting to Friday’s deadly plane crash in a Philadelphia ...

Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...

As negotiations for a new air traffic control service at the San Carlos Airport continue this week, the San Mateo County airport is considering the temporary use of unstaffed tower procedures. The ...

Four air traffic controllers will remain on the job at the San Carlos airport. They were poised to quit, after a new contractor wasn't offering them "locality pay." Following the deadly midair ...

A day after the United States witnessed its deadliest aviation disaster in over two decades, a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suggests the Reagan National Airport ...

Understaffed and overworked air traffic control crews have long been an issue at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ... there would be somebody in the tower handling helicopter traffic ...

The accident came a few minutes after the airport control tower had warned the pilot of the risk of bird strikes. As South Korean officials investigate the crash, part of their focus has been on ...