Four near-misses in three weeks: what the ATSB probes at Sydney Airport mean for travellers
The ATSB has released preliminary reports on four Sydney Airport near-misses in three weeks. Here's what happe...
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Why Your Plane Circles Before Landing — And Why It's Usually Good News
Pilots sometimes circle airports on purpose — for holding patterns, weather, weight limits or go-arounds. Here...
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Senator's 'Furry Pilot' Warning Takes Off, But Aviation Has Bigger Problems
A US Senator warned that airline pilots might secretly be furries. Here's why the claim has no evidence — and...
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America's $12.5 Billion Air Traffic Control Overhaul Still Has No Master Plan
The FAA got $12.5 billion to fix air traffic control but has no cost estimate or master schedule. What the GAO...
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NOTAMs: The Hidden Flight Alerts Behind Your Delays — And How To See Them Live
NOTAMs explained: the coded alerts behind flight delays, the SFO near-miss, and how live trackers now visualis...
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After a single cable failure snarled 9,500 US flights, Washington wants $30 billion to fix air traffic control
A single cable failure delayed or cancelled 9,500 US flights. Now Washington wants $30 billion to modernise ai...
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Why your US flight keeps getting delayed: air traffic control is running on eBay parts and 2013-era Compaq PCs
US air traffic control runs on obsolete Compaq computers, eBay parts and 40-year-old telecoms — and travellers...
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US Pitches $30 Billion More for Air Traffic Control After Northeast Outage Grounded 9,500 Flights
After a fibre cut halted Newark, JFK and Philadelphia flights, the US requested $30bn more for ATC upgrades. W...
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Why Your Plane Levels Off at 10,000 Feet — and Why It Sometimes Doesn't
That post-takeoff pause at 10,000 feet comes down to FAA phraseology, busy airspace and geography — here's why...
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US flight chaos: what Monday's air traffic control meltdown means for your next trip
A cut fibre cable grounded flights across New York, Boston and Washington. What the US air traffic control mel...
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One Cut Cable Grounded the Northeast: What Monday's FAA Outage Means for Travellers
A failed circuit plus a cut backup fiber line halted flights across the Northeast. What happened, who's to bla...
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A Cut Fiber Cable Grounded the Northeast — Thousands of Flights Disrupted
A severed fiber optic line in New Jersey triggered eight-hour ground stops at major Northeast airports, delayi...
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