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Michelle Obama's Plane Flew Closer to Big Jet

WASHINGTON -- A plane carrying first lady Michelle Obama this week came even closer to a big military cargo jet than previously reported, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. The distance between the two planes closed to 2.94 miles before air traffic controllers at Andrews Air Force Base outside...

Small Plane Crash in Kan. Kills 4 on Easter Trip

TOPEKA, Kan. -- A small airplane carrying a young couple and their daughters on their way to visit friends for Easter crashed in a muddy Kansas corn field Friday, killing all four, officials said. The six-seat Beechcraft plane registered to Precision Ag & Seed Services LLC in Scott City went down about noon roughly 3...

FAA Suspends Controller for Watching Movie on Duty

WASHINGTON - An air traffic controller has been suspended for watching a movie when he was supposed to be monitoring aircraft, deepening the Federal Aviation Administration's embarrassment following at least five cases of controllers sleeping on the job. In the latest incident, the controller was watching a movie on a DVD...

FAA Gives Tired Air Traffic Controllers an Extra Hour to Rest

WASHINGTON - The government said Sunday it is giving air traffic controllers an extra hour off between shifts so they don't doze off at work, a problem that stretches back decades. But officials rejected the remedy that sleep experts say would make a real difference: on-the-job napping. "On my watch, controllers will not...

Another Air Controller Naps; FAA Revising Work Schedules

WASHINGTON -- Another case of an air traffic controller falling asleep on duty - this time in Miami - prompted the Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday to acknowledge it has a widespread problem with fatigue and to institute changes in controllers' work schedules. "We are taking important steps today that will make...

Background on FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S.

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