President Trump prematurely blamed the air traffic controllers for the crash before rolling his statements back.

The FAA has struggled for decades to keep its towers adequately staffed. Locally, our airports are understaffed, with air traffic controllers who could be fatigued and stressed.

As of data released in fall of 2024, the FAA said they had more than 14,000 air traffic controllers. Most controllers average ...

Less than 10% of the nation's airport terminal towers have enough air traffic controllers to meet a set of standards set by a working group that included the FAA and the controllers' union.

President Trump has suggested, without evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are to blame for the deadly plane collision outside of Washington, D.C. CBS News Confirmed executive ...

There are new questions concerning air safety, following the mid-air collision between an American Airlines flight and a ...

The D.C. plane crash this week highlighted the desperate need for more air traffic controllers across the country. In Polk County, a new control tower operator academy is working towards fixing that ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered two black boxes that will help provide investigators with ...

During the campaign, Musk demanded the resignation of FAA administrator Michael Whitaker, who clashed with Musk over regulating SpaceX and stepped down the day before Trump took office. That left the ...

FOX 13’s Carla Bayron reports on Polk County working to fill the desperate need for more air traffic controllers nationwide by building a new control tower operator academy at Bartow Executive Airport ...