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DC plane crash: NTSB on air traffic control tower staffing, last-second communications
The National Transportation Safety Board said there were five people in the air traffic control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport during the Jan. 29 collision of a passenger jet and an ...
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Trump Looks To Assign Blame For Midair Crash: ‘Why Didn’t the Control Tower Tell the Helicopter What to Do?’
An hour or so later, he took to his Truth Social media platform, where he suggested that the helicopter pilot or those in the air traffic control tower (or both) were to blame: The airplane was on ...
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‘Risk of a Collision and Loss of Life’: D.C. Crash Warnings Were Years in the Making
Reagan National Airport’s control tower has been chronically understaffed.Credit...Kent Nishimura for The New York Times Supported by By Emily Steel and Sydney Ember Emily Steel and Sydney Ember ...