NC air traffic controller arrested on WMD charge

According to the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Department, Paul Dandan, who worked as an air traffic controller for the Federal Aviation Administration , was arrested on multiple charges, including possession of a weapon of mass destruction and acquiring a weapon of mass destruction. Police said the device was not located at the airport, but instead found at Dandan's apartment.

AirText Cockpit Texting System

On final approach to Runway 23 in a D-18 Beech at Mansfield Lama Airport, Ohio, we received this inquiry from the control tower ...... As I approached Sarasota Airport on the downwind there was a Cessna 172 ahead of me who asked the tower clearance for landing ...... You and your safety pilot always need to have the same plan in mind, but you also can fly them solo when conditions are right.

Time to modernize air traffic control

With the Olympics coming to Los Angeles in 2028, our region is laser-focused on developing and improving critical infrastructure to be able to adequately support this global event. As the mayor of the city of San Fernando, I know that we must do everything we can to prepare locally, so that our businesses and residents can reap the benefits of having the Olympics right here in our backyard, without any added problems.

American officials investigating after Air Canada flight lands without approval

American aviation officials are investigating after an Air Canada flight from Montreal landed on a San Francisco runway after being told not to. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says Air Canada flight 781 was inbound to San Francisco International Airport on Sunday night and was initially cleared for landing.

Again? FAA investigates another Air Canada runway mix-up at SFO

Just three months after an Air Canada plane nearly landed on a crowded SFO taxiway, the FAA has launched another investigation into why a second passenger jet from that airline Sunday ignored a San Francisco air traffic controller's repeated order to abort a landing. Air Canada Flight 781, an Airbus A320, was preparing to land at SFO on Runway 28-Right on Sunday night.

Bird strikes continue to plague Sacramento Int’l Airport

WEBVTT KEEPING BIRDS AWAY FROM THESACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTIS NO EASY TASK.AS WAS THE CASE THIS MORNINGWHEN AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHTFROM SACRAMENTO TO DALLAS HAD TOTURN AROUND MOMENTS AFTEPASSENGER BRYAN DEMPSEYWITNESSED THIS.>> I SAW SEVERAL SHAPES GO INTOONE OF THE TURBINES.THEY LOOKED LIKE BIRDS.I WASN'T SURE.DANA: IN THE YOLO BYPASSWILDLIFE AREA, THESE BIRDS,FLYING IN UNISON ARE LIKELY HEREFOR 3 REASONS, REST, WATER, ANDFOOD.>> SPEAKING OF THE SACRAMENTOAIRPORT, IT IS SURROUNDED BYRICE.DANA: KEN EALY, AN AVID BIRDWATCHER AND PRESIDENT OF THEYOLO AUDUBON SOCIETY,SAYS THOUSANDS MIGRATE THIS TIMEOF YEAR AND THAT BIRD STRIKES ATTHE SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONALAIRPORT ARE NOTHING NEW.>> I MEAN, THEY KNOW THE PLANEIS THERE, THEY'RE KEEPING ADISTANCE.THAT THEY FEEL IS A SAFEDISTANCE BUT IF THEY GET INTOTHAT VORTEX, THEY CAN'T HELP ITBECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE STRONGERTHAT THEIR WINGS.DANA: ... (more)

New flight paths lead to airplane noise complaints across US

Airliners began flying over Twila Lake's bungalow-style house in a historic district three years ago, taking off every one to two minutes from the Phoenix airport and roaring over her neighborhood. It was a sudden change after rarely hearing jets in her previous 13 years in the downtown neighborhood.