Air traffic control

Worsening haze disrupts flights across Indonesia’s Sumatra

Residents carrying containers of water as a wildfire burns near a residential area in Banyuasin, South Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Oct 7.

Pilots of crashed Amazon cargo plane were unaware of wind conditions

The 21 Air-operated cargo flight for Amazon Air overran a runway while landing at Miami International Airport and struck two vehicles on the ground.

Near misses at Sydney airport 20% above national average, accident investigator finds

FILE PHOTO: A Qantas plane passes an air traffic control tower as it taxis along a runway Sydney Airport, in Sydney, Australia, August 21, 2026. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

US FAA says error messages in telecommunications circuit prompted shift to backup before outage

The major telecom failure paralysed traffic along the East Coast for hours and disrupted thousands of flights on Sept 21.

New air traffic control failure delays flights at some British airports

Britain’s air traffic control provider said the delays were “unrelated to the issue two weeks ago”.

British air traffic control outage caused by software defect, says operator

The NATS report on the latest incident was triggered by a request for an identification code from an aircraft being followed by a request for a higher priority activity, pausing the first request.

FAA boss set to discuss air traffic reform as airlines urged to better handle delays

FILE PHOTO: A JetBlue Airlines commercial aircraft flies over Washington as it approaches to land at Dulles International Airport, as seen from Washington, U.S., August 5, 2024. REUTERS/ Umit Bektas/File Photo

Sydney Airport flights disrupted due to air-traffic controller shortage

A Qantas plane passes an air-traffic control tower as it taxis along a runway at Sydney Airport.

Travel chaos hits British Airways passengers after system outage

British Airways said it scrapped about 550 flights on Sept 8 and Sept 9, affecting more than 85,000 passengers.

Misery at Heathrow: ‘Never seen chaos like that’

A failure in the air traffic control system upended operations at airports including Heathrow, one of the world’s busiest travel hubs, on Sept 9.

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