Inside the UMass Transportation Center in Chicopee, you'll find one of the only 360-degree air traffic control tower simulators in the country.

A preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) report has found that the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was essentially understaffed when Wednesday’s American Airs ...

Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, ...

Persistent staff shortages have raised safety concerns. At many facilities, staffing is so low that at least a quarter of the ...

Following the collision between an American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter, retired American Airlines captain Richard Levy said effective communicat ...

FOX 13’s Carla Bayron reports on Polk County working to fill the desperate need for more air traffic controllers nationwide ...

With another fatal plane crash in the headlines, many travelers may be worried about stepping onboard their next flight.

Business Insider reviewed official briefings, flight data, and air traffic control audio tapes to piece together what ...

U.S. military helicopter crashes like the one that took down a commercial American Airlines flight on Wednesday night are ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered a cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the ...

The D.C. plane crash this week highlighted the desperate need for more air traffic controllers across the country. In Polk County, a new control tower operator academy is working towards fixing that ...

""DCA is one of the most demanding airports in the world. It also has what’s known as ‘helicopter alley’ with hundreds of ...