air traffic control

American Airlines flight AA5795 was supposed to be typical in every way. The Piedmont Embraer ERJ-145 left Boston (BOS) on January 1 at 6:33pm and arrived at Harrisburg (MDT) a…

Ever since we started crawling out of the pandemic, air travel has been pretty bad. The lack of flight attendants, pilots, gate crew and allied aviation professionals has made for…

When retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were tragically killed in a helicopter crash in early 2020, the basketball world, and its fans, reeled. Since then,…

When planes are flying over land, they are usually watched over by, and keep in contact with air traffic control (ATC). VERY simply put, whichever ATC tower’s jurisdiction/zone you’re in…