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He is a supervisor! he is admitting he dozed off leaving two airplanes to land at washington, dcs reagan national airport without any clearance from the tower. >> the feds are adding more people to the overnight shift to try and curb the problem. is that the best solution? and now the president of the institute for liberty and joins us. andrew, he has been suspended. if it happened to us, if heather was caught sleeping on the couch before "fox and friends" she could be out of a job. he has been ...

Controller on duty dozed off. >> arthel: and big developments in libya. rebels there giving credit to international air support as they retake a key city near the mediterranean coast. were going to get a live report from tripoli in a moment. >> rick: first, president obama taking up the u.s. military operation in libya in his weekly address, fending off criticism from both sides of the political aisle over this thing. the comments setting the stage for a bigger address from the president monday....

The control tower and now suspended. randy babbit is telling all of his colleagues what to do. while we review overnight staffing in selected airports, i have directed all radar controllers at those airport to confirm that there is a controller prepared to handle the incoming flight. i reminded them proper procedures ticket that they must offer the ability to divert to another airport. that came days after the incident. some experts say the government should have acted right away. from a safety ...

Of diverting to a different airport. that is the fas reponce and experts are wondering why the government didnt respond much faster? from a safety perspective put two people in the plane to make sure the plane lands and they are in control and look at radar and do all of those things. what needs to happen in the case of dc, is figuring out why the department of homeland security and why the department of defense and why the reagan national airport police were not notified to check on the tower t...

Investigation. what are they finding? is it as simple as this guy on the job fell asleep? >> well, yes its as simple as that. but it does raise more complex issues. the national transportation safety board is investigating and a couple of things they are looking at is the work schedules that controllers are assigned, particularly these midnight shifts. and also what kind of fatigue these controllers suffer from and whether there should be a single controller on duty. >> while i dont believe we h...

>> we dont know yet. he has been relieved of his operational duties. the faa administrator had some harsh words about this particular controller who was, in fact, actually a super visor of controllers, thats his regular job, but he was functioning as a controller at the moment. >> with regard to reagan national, thiss a moment that has a strict level of noise allowance. it is right there in the city in terms of the numbers of flights that come in, isnt it just these two flights that come in past...

Two things. one controller would be working an emergency flight having some type of problem and the other person would be there to coordinate emergency equipment. coordinating with the airlines. >> reporter: fatigue and staffing have long plagued air traffic controllers. the ntsb put addressing fatigue on its most wanted safety list >> but the ntsb has said its not a nice thing, a necessary thing and a priority. is that something that needs to be changed? >> professionalism would dictate anyone ...

Drank tap water in front the cameras today. they say that radiation levels the citys water systemfa have fallen now to safe levels. but a region just halhifway between tokyo and fukushima reports that water there is not safe for babies. an air traffic controller at reagan national airport has been suspended. federal investigators say that he fell asleep on the job early wednesday morning,coorcing two commercial jetliners to land on their own. the controller, a 20-yreaon veteran, was the only o...

Hard-hit down got a break today. bombing ed armored vehicles outside there. it hit gadhafis forces because they were targeting civilians. not to help the rebels. and air traffic controller at rean national airport has been suspended. federal investigators say that he fell asleep on the jobearly wednesday morning forcing two commercial jetliners to land on their own. the controller, a 20-year veteran, was the only one on duty. nowance for the fight for libya and the human face behind that civ...

Can see the white house. you can see capitol hill. you can see the pentagon. of course this is in a post-9/11 world. why would you put a single controller in that tower at night? of course there were two planes coming in for a landing who were unable to talk to the tower. they went through a series of procedures that allowed them to announce their locations as they descended and landed at the airport. they did follow proper procedures in terms of what a pilot should do in that kind of a situatio...