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People will hear the story and wont be able to believe it happened again. >> reporter: this will raise more concern. this was happening overnight a medevac plane trying to land at reno, could not raise the tower, tried on multiple occasions, circling and had to land on his own. he was in communication with a controller in california but not the controller there in reno, nevada. we have also learned today there are other controller incidents we were unaware of. we know about the one at reagan nat...

Have been working on for some time this morning, that is that a medevac plane trying to land at the reno airport early this morning, very early hours, was unable to raise anyone in the tower. finally after two go arounds had to land on his or her own with a very critical patient on board the plane. apparently unable to raise the tower. sources suggested that the controller may have been asleep inside the tower. were waiting to see what the faa says about this, but this information now coming fro...

Land reno tahoe international airport without help from the lone controller on duty around 2:00 this morning. listen to this. >> we v. got a pretty sick patient we may have to land whether we have clearance or not. >> roger. >> well do a couple of turns out here. >> all right. tango november, they did not answer the phone line either. were going to try to get someone and check the tou. >> the plane landed safely with the sick passenger. the controller has been suspended, and the faa is investiga...

Identity has been compromised. >> by the way, the experts say that sometimes when that happens it takes months for i.d. thieves to try and use that information. they lay low for a while and let everything die down. were there consequences for the controllers office? >> well, i dont know. the controller in texas is an elected position. it is hard to say whether shes going to run for re-election. there have been some firings because of this and she has personally apologized. but this is a serious ...

With sonys socom 4 fighting game. >> throw a grenade at him. >> you can see, you have so you can see you have one-to-one controls with the controller. as you move in and out of the screen youre able to control the radical -- >> reporter: and up and down and the controller. >> absolutely. the controller itself helps to control the reloading of the gun, movements within it. >> reporter: and those are just 2 of the more than 30 3-d titles expected from sony this year. of course, you need a 3-d enab...

Workers yesterday finally stopped a leak at reactor number two that was gushing radioactive water into the pacific ocean. upi is reporting that bp is trying to get its fine calculated on how many days the oil flowed, and not how much. if a judge agrees, bp could face a maximum of $4.9 million instead of as much as $20 billion. a justice department lawsuit accused bp of willful negligence, which it denies. a congressional hearing, the faa said its taking steps to fine the air traffic controll...

This time, though, officials say they did it on purpose. it happened at -- >> mcghee tyson. >> airport in knoxville, tenness tennessee. he slept for five hours. his co-worker landed seven planes by himself. apparently there was some type of agreement between them. it was revealed yesterday in a congressional hearing. this worker is subject to being fired. as you know in march a controller at the reagan national airport fell asleep during a midnight shift. >> whats even scarier in that one, there...

A congressional hearing, the faa said its taking steps to fine the air traffic controller who slept for five hours during his shift at a knoxville, tennessee airport. during the nap, a fellow controller working alone landed seven aircraft, all safely. the incident happened in february. according to reports, a 24-year-old pilot who landed a single engine plane on a new york city beach two nights ago was rushed to the hospital today for seizure. jason maloney told air traffic controllers one of ...

Traveling public and is conducting a review of the air traffic control system including its overnight staffing. that comes after that incident at reagan national airport in which the only controller on duty on an overnight shift fell asleep and two planes ended up having to land on their own. a manhunt in alabama this morning is over after a suspect in a deadly shooting turned himself in in a very strange fashion. police say that this suspect, thomas franklin may, was arrested after he calmly ...

About your safety in the air. snoozing at the controls again. another air traffic controller asleep on the job. this time it was actually a scheduled five-hour nap apparently. happened at mcghee tyson airport. this is in knoxville, tennessee. this is back in february. one controller left to take a nap while the other landed seven planes on his own. yesterday at a congressional hearing. randy babbitt admitted they knew about it and they are dealing with it. >> there have been other instances of t...