Recording: Air traffic controller banters about dead cat as plane flies toward disaster in NYOctober 8th, 2009 Recording: Controller bantered as disaster loomedWASHINGTON — A control tower recording captured an air traffic controller bantering about a dead cat with a giggling female friend as a small plane flew toward a collision with a helicopter. Nine people were killed in the Aug.
New audio recording catches air traffic controller chuckling, teasing before deadly crashOctober 8th, 2009 Chuckling, joking in control tower before NY crashWASHINGTON — The air traffic controller banters and chuckles, engrossed in a teasing phone call with a giggling friend, unaware that two aircraft are on a collision course over New York's Hudson River. The audio recording of their conversation, which otherwise would have been forgotten workplace joshing, stands as a record of the moments before a small plane and a tour helicopter collided, killing nine people.
FAA says it will modify airspace rules over Hudson River in wake of fatal collisionSeptember 2nd, 2009 FAA will modify airspace rules over Hudson RiverNEWARK, N.J. — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will change rules for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York City following last month's deadly midair crash of a small plane and a sightseeing helicopter.
NTSB recommends separation of planes, choppers over Hudson, slams air controller complacencyAugust 28th, 2009 NTSB: Controller didn't warn plane in midair crashNEWARK, N.J. — An air traffic controller should have warned the pilot of a small plane about aircraft in its path before it collided with a sightseeing helicopter over New York's Hudson River in a crash that claimed nine lives, federal officials said Thursday in making safety recommendations.
Aircraft headed toward deadly collision over Hudson as controller joked about barbecuing a catAugust 20th, 2009 Jokes about barbecuing a cat preceded midair crashWASHINGTON — Two minutes after he cleared a private plane for takeoff and a fateful flight over the Hudson River, an air traffic controller at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport was on the phone with a woman in the airport operations office, joking about barbecuing a dead cat. "We got plenty of gas in the grill?" the controller asked.
Excerpts from air traffic conversations about collision over Hudson RiverAugust 20th, 2009 Excerpts from air traffic conversationsExcerpts from draft government transcripts of conversations between the control tower of the Teterboro, N.J., airport and the pilot of a Piper plane that collided with a helicopter over the Hudson River on Aug. 8, killing nine people.
NTSB: Helicopter in Hudson River midair collision not initially visible on radarAugust 18th, 2009 New twist in Hudson River collision investigationWASHINGTON — A helicopter hit by a small plane over the Hudson River wasn't initially visible to an air traffic controller handling the plane, federal safety officials say in a revised account of the deadly collision. The statement by the National Transportation Safety Board, issued after public pressure from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, provides some vindication to the controller at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
NTSB changes key point in Hudson River midair collision report, boots union from investigationAugust 17th, 2009 NTSB changes key point in Hudson collision reportWASHINGTON — Federal safety officials investigating a midair collision over the Hudson River changed their account of the accident on a key point Monday, saying an air tour helicopter struck by a small plane wasn't initially visible on radar to an air traffic controller handling the plane. The National Transportation Safety Board had previously said the controller failed to warn the plane's pilot of the potential for a collision with several aircraft in its path, including the helicopter, before handing off responsibility for the plane to another airport.
Union says NTSB report wrongly implies controller could have prevented mid-air collisionAugust 17th, 2009 Controllers: NTSB report on Hudson collision wrongWASHINGTON — Union leaders said Monday that federal safety officials made a mistake in a report that implied an air traffic controller could have prevented a mid-air collision over the Hudson River and demanded a retraction. National Air Traffic Controllers Association officials said the National Transportation Safety Board was wrong when it said that a controller at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey who was handling a small plane involved in the Aug.
Correction: Mid-Air Collision storyAugust 16th, 2009 Correction: Mid-Air Collision storyWASHINGTON — In an Aug. 14 story about the actions of air traffic controllers at the time of a midair collision over the Hudson River, The Associated Press erroneously reported a response by the airplane pilot.
Officials say controller chatting on phone about dead cat before deadly mid-air crashAugust 15th, 2009 Controller bantering about dead cat before crashWASHINGTON — The air traffic controller handling the small plane involved in a deadly crash with a helicopter over the Hudson River was chatting on the telephone about a dead cat at the airport and initially failed to warn the pilot of other aircraft in his path, officials say. The controller tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot before the accident, officials said Friday, but the plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
Officials: Controller chatting on phone about dead cat failed to warn pilot in Hudson crashAugust 15th, 2009 Controller bantering on phone before crashWASHINGTON — An air traffic controller bantering on the phone about a dead cat at the airport initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot, officials said Friday. Moments later, the plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
NTSB says controller on phone failed to warn pilot of plane in Hudson River midair crashAugust 14th, 2009 Controller didn't warn pilot before Hudson crashWASHINGTON — An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot, federal safety officials said Friday. Moments later, the plane collided with a tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
NTSB says controller on phone failed to warn pilot of plane in Hudson River crashAugust 14th, 2009 Controller failed to warn pilot in midair crashWASHINGTON — An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot, federal safety officials said Friday. Moments later, the plane collided with an tour helicopter over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
FAA brings disciplinary actions against employees in connection with mid-air collision in NYCAugust 14th, 2009 FAA: 2 employees investigated in mid-air collisionWASHINGTON — Authorities have suspended an air traffic controller who was talking on the phone during last week's deadly mid-air collision over New York's Hudson River, along with a supervisor who was out of the building at the time. The Federal Aviation Administration said that while there was no reason to believe thus far that the employees' actions contributed to the accident, which killed nine people, such "conduct is unacceptable." Air-traffic controllers are expected to be alert at all times while on duty and are given regular breaks, sometimes hourly, for that reason.
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