Staffing in the air traffic control tower at Washington's Reagan National airport was "not normal" at the time of the deadly crash between a passenger jet and an army helicopter, US media reported Thursday.




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According to the New York Times, the controller who was handling helicopters in the vicinity of the airport on Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from their runways. The personnel at the Ronald Reagan National Airport air traffic control tower “were not normal for the time of day and the volume of traffic,” according to a preliminary internal safety report from the Federal Aviation Administration about th…

Segundo o New York Times, o controlador que estava lidando com helicópteros nas proximidades do aeroporto na quarta-feira à noite também instruía aviões que estavam pousando e partindo de suas pistas O pessoal na torre de controle de tráfego aéreo do Aeroporto Nacional Ronald Reagan "não era normal para a hora do dia e o volume de tráfego", de acordo com um relatório interno preliminar de segurança da Administração Federal de Aviação sobre a col…

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NEW YORK: Staffing was thin in the air traffic control tower at Washington's Reagan National airport at the time of the deadly crash between a passenger jet and an army helicopter, US media reported on Thursday (Jan 30). Staffing was "not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic"

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