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LaHood: ‘We will not sleep’ until controllers stop sleeping

Bob Collins April 14, 2011, 11:11 AM Apr 14, 2011

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The head of the nation’s air traffic control group at the Federal Aviation Administration fell on his sword today.

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FAA to add air traffic controllers with nothing to do

Bob Collins April 13, 2011, 1:29 PM Apr 13, 2011

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The FAA has moved to solve the problem of sleeping air traffic controllers today by announcing 27 airports will now have two controllers in the tower. Their primary job appears to be keeping the other controller awake.

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Big plane vs. small plane: “Goliath won”

David Cazares April 12, 2011, 9:52 AM Apr 12, 2011

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A double-deck Air France Airbus 380 clipped the wing of a commuter jet at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

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The power of reality TV

Bob Collins April 6, 2011, 12:19 PM Apr 6, 2011

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A pilot landed on a beach in New York because he saw someone do it on reality TV.

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The mystery of Flight 447

Bob Collins April 4, 2011, 4:01 PM Apr 4, 2011

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The location of a two-year-old airline crash makes a mystery more mysterious.

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The sleepy controller

Bob Collins March 24, 2011, 4:02 PM Mar 24, 2011

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Someday, ne’er do wells will discover that the cover-up is often worse than the crime.

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What caused an Owatonna jet crash that killed 8?

Bob Collins March 15, 2011, 10:48 AM Mar 15, 2011

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Eight people — the crew and several East Coast business executives — were killed when the jet tried to land, aborted the landing, and then crashed into a cornfield.

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Investigation to be released in deadliest Minnesota air crash since Wellstone tragedy

Bob Collins March 9, 2011, 3:04 PM Mar 9, 2011

The NTSB will meet next Tuesday to consider the probable cause of a crash in Owatonna that killed seven people.

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Mysteries of air transportation safety

Bob Collins February 11, 2011, 10:33 AM Feb 11, 2011

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If ever there was a lesson in the utter uselessness of government data, it’s the story circulating today that air traffic control system errors are way up.

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