Simply hearing the request to copy down a phone number in flight from ATC creates immediate and significant stress for pilots ...

Learning the language of air traffic control is often difficult enough for student pilots who speak native English. For student pilots from countries where English is not the native language, becoming ...

Every time an aircraft checks in with air traffic control, pilots identify themselves using a unique call sign, something ...

To the average person, the idea of an aircraft flying without communicating with air traffic control may seem unimaginable.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating how pilots flying into Denver International Airport temporarily lost contact with air traffic controllers on Monday. The FAA told FOX ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Following the collision between an American Airlines flight and Black Hawk helicopter, retired American Airlines captain Richard Levy said effective communication between ...

General Dynamics C4 Systems received a $6.5 million order from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for more than 1,000 CM-300/350 series ultrahigh frequency (UHF) Air Traffic Control (ATC) ...

The US National Transportation Safety Board says pilot distraction was the major factor in a highly publicised Airbus A320 overflight of Minneapolis by Northwest pilots late last year, but the ...

A chilling audio clip was released revealing the moment a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger plane collided over the ...