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Top FAA air traffic control official stepping down
Tim Arel, who is chief operating officer of the FAA Air Traffic Organization, is taking part in the U.S. Transportation ...
Reported fight in control tower at Reagan National Airport under investigation by FAA, man arrested
A man, identified as an air traffic controller by government payroll records, was arrested after police were called to the ...
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FAA Investigating ‘Passenger Disturbance’ Allegedly Involving Man Biting and Assaulting Others on Plane from Atlanta to L.A.
The FAA said in a statement on its website that the incident happened around 5:20 p.m. on Monday, March 17, involving a Delta airlines flight traveling from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta ...
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FAA employee charged with assault after altercation in air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) confirmed the developments to Fox News Digital, explaining that the incident transpired in a control tower on Thursday. The FAA also confirmed ...
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FAA ‘stress management team’ to meet with controllers at Reagan Airport following mid-air collision and control tower fight
Thursday, a fight in the control tower ended with a 39-year-old controller arrested and charged with assault and battery. The FAA says he has been placed on leave. On Friday, a close call occurred ...
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FAA announces closure of 149 U.S. airport towers due to sequester
The agency Feb. 22 issued a list of 49 FAA towers that were subject to closing ... including Chicago O’Hare and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, Administrator Michael Huerta told Congress Feb ...