A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation ...

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ST. CROIX — A nighttime American Airlines flight scheduled to land on St. Croix Monday night was delayed to Tuesday morning after a technical issue at the island’s air traffic control tower triggered ...

As an American Airlines pilot eased his nonstop flight from Dallas into Nashville on the afternoon of Aug. 16, an air traffic controller stopped him. The plane needed to abort landing immediately.

No Bay Area building shows the engineered reality of today’s architectural scene — or rather, keeps it under wraps — quite like the new flight control tower at San Francisco International Airport. The ...

NEW YORK -- An investigation is underway after a Southwest flight veered off course and came extremely close to a control tower at New York's LaGuardia Airport during a landing attempt last month. The ...

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This is having *** great impact, great concern, great stress. The FAA says it's been delaying flights due to air traffic controller shortages. The transportation secretary blames the government ...