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BBC • Owen Amos

NATS Swanwick Radar Fault Grounds UK Flights, Delays to Persist

A roughly 20-minute radar outage at NATS’ Swanwick ATC centre grounded flights across Heathrow and regional airports at the outset of the UK summer travel season. Although NATS has restored the affected system and resumed operations, airlines face a significant backlog of departures and ongoing delays.

2025-07-30T08:34:39.426304-07:00

The Air Current

NTSB Hearing Finds Army Black Hawk Flew Above Assigned Altitude Before Fatal Reagan National Collision

2025-07-30T06:47:56.852480-07:00

Reuters

Angara Airlines Antonov An-24 Crashes in Russia’s Amur Region, Killing All 49 On Board

2025-07-23T23:34:37.432708-07:00

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

Southwest Flight 1496 Dives to Avoid Mid-Air Collision off Burbank; Two Flight Attendants Injured

2025-07-25T15:11:05.504704-07:00

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Politico

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Reagan National ATC Panel Drops Proposal to Close Post-Collision Helicopter Corridor An ad hoc Reagan National air traffic control working group recommended closing the low-altitude helicopter corridor implicated in January’s deadly Black Hawk–ERJ midair collision, but shelved the plan amid political pushback, according to documents released Wednesday.

2025-07-30T12:04:40.403236-07:00

Reagan National ATC Panel Drops Proposal to Close Post-Collision Helicopter Corridor

BBC

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NATS Swanwick Radar Fault Grounds UK Flights, Delays to Persist A roughly 20-minute radar outage at NATS’ Swanwick ATC centre grounded flights across Heathrow and regional airports at the outset of the UK summer travel season. Although NATS has restored the affected system and resumed operations, airlines face a significant backlog of departures and ongoing delays.

2025-07-30T08:34:39.426304-07:00

NATS Swanwick Radar Fault Grounds UK Flights, Delays to Persist

The Air Current

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NTSB Hearing Finds Army Black Hawk Flew Above Assigned Altitude Before Fatal Reagan National Collision At its opening of the three-day hearing in Washington, the NTSB disclosed that the Army Black Hawk in the Jan. 29 midair collision with an American Eagle CRJ flew above its assigned altitude due to faulty onboard data. Board chair Jennifer Homendy criticized U.S. officials for failing to address the hazard.

2025-07-30T06:47:56.852480-07:00

NTSB Hearing Finds Army Black Hawk Flew Above Assigned Altitude Before Fatal Reagan National Collision

CNBC

US DOT to Audit FAA Over Shift of Newark Airspace Control Amid ATC Outages The Department of Transportation’s inspector general has launched an audit into the FAA’s decision to relocate control of Newark Liberty International Airport’s airspace operations to Philadelphia’s TRACON, following two communication blackouts that disrupted dozens of flights and raised safety concerns among controllers.

2025-07-28T15:35:12.005814-07:00

US DOT to Audit FAA Over Shift of Newark Airspace Control Amid ATC Outages

scrippsnews.com

FAA Academy Launches Largest Controller Class to Combat Tower Staffing Crisis The FAA’s training academy has enrolled its largest-ever class of air traffic control trainees to address chronic tower staffing shortages nationwide. Scripps News toured the program’s intensive simulation and classroom exercises, highlighting the urgent push to speed controller certification amid heightened capacity and safety concerns.

2025-07-28T09:27:07.538109-07:00

FAA Academy Launches Largest Controller Class to Combat Tower Staffing Crisis

SpaceNews.com

Sleepwalking into Risk: Managing Traffic Above 60,000 Feet As the aerospace sector eyes increasing operations in the 60,000-foot flight level—from high-altitude drones and stratospheric platforms to prospective hypersonic and suborbital vehicles—air traffic control and safety regulators face a growing challenge in monitoring and deconflicting traffic in an airspace long considered largely dormant.

2025-07-28T06:09:54.142505-07:00

Sleepwalking into Risk: Managing Traffic Above 60,000 Feet

Washington Post

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Father Seeks Answers After Son Killed in US’s Deadliest Domestic Crash in Two Decades The father of a passenger who died in a mid-air collision near Reagan National Airport is demanding a full accounting of how two aircraft came to collide. The accident, the deadliest US domestic plane crash in over 20 years, has sparked calls for urgent safety reforms.

2025-07-27T18:15:38.984653-07:00

Father Seeks Answers After Son Killed in US’s Deadliest Domestic Crash in Two Decades

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

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Southwest Flight 1496 Dives to Avoid Mid-Air Collision off Burbank; Two Flight Attendants Injured Southwest flight 1496 to Las Vegas plunged about 475ft moments after departing Hollywood Burbank Airport on Friday to execute a pilot-initiated avoidance maneuver after receiving a proximity alert. Two flight attendants sustained injuries amid the abrupt altitude changes and were treated on arrival.

2025-07-25T15:11:05.504704-07:00

Southwest Flight 1496 Dives to Avoid Mid-Air Collision off Burbank; Two Flight Attendants Injured

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