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A long-standing safety issue at the Colorado Springs Airport is on the docket to get fixed again, after officials identified it as a priority eight years ago.

A long-standing safety issue at the Colorado Springs Airport is on the docket to get fixed again, after officials identified it as a priority eight years ago.

The bodies were still in there. these things are always catastrophic to work. it is absolutely vital that a group of people do this job so that we understand what happened and dont have a reoccurrence. >> while poor visibility from the tower to the runway and glare shining into the tower are part of the problem, investigators focus on air traffic control. >> air traffic controllers, as a matter of routine multitask. they are issuing landing clearances, take-off clearances, so the multitasking on...

>> but according to the ntsb that is exactly what happened. it turns out that the local controller simply forgot that skywest was sitting on the runway intersection. >> there were some things that were going on that did get her distracted. 1493 checked in. she looked. the runway end was clear. and it was just a human error. >> at the ntsb hearings, the air traffic controller robin washer testified that she initially thought it was an act of terrorism. >> 1493 came over the threshold. when the ai...

Investigators focus on air traffic control. >> air traffic controllers, as a matter of routine multitask. they are issuing landing clearances, take-off clearances, so the multitasking on that evening would not have been unusual. it is very unusual for a controller not to remember that they have an airplane in position on a runway. >> but according to the ntsb that is exactly what happened. it turns out that the local controller simply forgot that skywest was sitting on the runway intersection. >...

At the time. >> as an investigator it is one of the tougher ones i had worked. because there were still some of the bodies were still in there. it is absolutely vital that a group of people do this job so that we understand what happened and dont have a reoccurrence. >> while poor visibility from the tower to the runway and glare shining into the tower are part of the problem, investigators focus on air traffic control. >> air traffic controllers is a matter of routine multitask. they are issuin...

Flights were being rerouted via scotland. and that cloud of volcanic ash that turned much of european airspace into a no-fly zone has prompted the european union to step up plans to reform its airspace. it aims to unify the air traffic control centers and 60 air traffic centers. the project was scheduled to begin in 2012 and now a meeting is planned for berlin next week. u.s. safety investigators are reviewing a near collision. the national transportation safety board said a southwest air je...