Tag: Air Traffic Control
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The New York Knicks’ Championship Party Didn’t Stop When They Left The Court – It Continued At 35,000 Feet
After ending a 53-year NBA title drought, the Knicks boarded their Delta charter flight home from San Antonio, where the celebrations got so wild that the pilot jokingly told air traffic controllers, “The plane’s rocking.” The controllers, clearly lifelong fans themselves, congratulated the team over the radio, saying New York’s air traffic facilities were running…
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Hungary Scrambles Fighter Jets After Israeli Arkia Passenger Plane Fails To Contact Ground Control
Hungarian fighter jets were scrambled to intercept an Israeli passenger jet that failed to contact local air traffic control on Thursday. The Arkia flight, which flew from Tel Aviv to Prague, triggered NATO’s “highest level of alert” after crossing into Hungarian airspace. Two Gripen fighter jets were scrambled to make contact with the Israeli Airbus…
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FAA Investigating Close Call Between Flight School Plane And JetBlue Passenger Jet Near Fort Lauderdale
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a close call between a flight school-owned Beechcraft 76 plane and a JetBlue Airways passenger jet that came within 500 feet of one another on Monday. The close call happened around 6:15 p.m. near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as JetBlue Flight 1256 was approaching for landing. JetBlue pilots received…
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Southwest Flight & Small Plane Flew Too Close At JWA – Resulting In Southwest’s Go Around
The pilot of a Southwest flight from Phoenix to John Wayne Airport initiated a safety maneuver after telling the tower that the pilot of a smaller airplane flew close to the commercial jet on Wednesday night, May 13, according to air traffic communications. A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that the…
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