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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A single air traffic controller was handling an amount work typically assigned to two people when the crash occurred, the report says

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Staffing was ‘not normal’ in the air traffic control tower at Washington’s Reagan National Airport, according to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration that was obtained by The Associated Press.

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A preliminary safety report found that a single controller was responsible for both managing helicopters in the airport's vicinity and directing arriving and departing planes

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'Control tower staffing level was not normal' on day of plane crash disaster

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President Donald Trump has suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts had made air travel less safe. The president asserted his opinion even though the crash has yet to be fully investigated, and there has been no determination as to whether the FAA did anything wrong. Mr Trump was speaking at the White House press briefing room after a fatal crash between a passenger lane and Army helicopter on Wednesday night at Ron…

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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…

Quantidade de pessoal na torre de controle 'não era normal' na hora do acidente entre avião e helicóptero, mostra relatório

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Number of personnel in the control tower 'was not normal' at the time of the crash between plane and helicopter, report shows

The air traffic controller working at the time of the deadly plane-helicopter crash in Washington was doing the work of two people, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

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Air traffic controller was doing the job of two people during crash, FAA says

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — There is a good reason why American commercial airliners have safely flown billions of miles since the last major tragedy. Every incident, near miss or accident is minutely investigated, without rushed conclusions, political bias or uninformed speculation. The result is an industry based on multiple layers of redundancy, faithfully followed safety protocols, pilot checklists and codes of practice that h…

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Staffing in the air traffic control tower at Washington, DC&rsquo;s Ronald Reagan National Airport was abnormal at the time of a deadly crash, according to a report.

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