A supervisor allowed an air traffic controller at Ronald Reagan National Airport to leave early, hours before the passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter in midair, according to reports.
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Thursday is Day 2 of three days of hearings on the crash between an American Airlines flight out of Wichita and an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., early this year. Flight ...
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Shutdown leads to controller shortage

The Hollywood Burbank Airport had no air traffic controllers for hours on Monday, leading to flight delays and cancellations.
Air traffic controllers expressed concern that a Boston-bound Spirit flight was flying too close to Air Force One as both traversed New York skies Tuesday, radio communications show, though a source ...