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When rope e roeper slammed into back of a limo van last june. he's been charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by an automobile. we're learning alarming new information about the safety of your air travel. the faa is releasing a startling study show manager air traffic controllers suffer or suffered from dangerous fatigue. the study came after several air traffic controllers fell asleep on the job calling it an extreme safety risk like this one in 2011 when a pilot was forced to land a plane on his own without the help from the control tower. liste listen. >> american 1900, so...

>> american 1900, so you're aware, the tower is apparently not manned. we've made a few phone calls. nobody's answering. so two airplanes went in in the past 10, 15 minutes. so you can expect to go in as an uncontrolled airport. >> is there a reason it's not manned? >> well, i'm going to take a guess and say that the controller got locked out. i've heard of this happening before. >> that's the first time i've heard of it. >> fortunately, it's not very often. yeah. it happens about a year ago. i'm not sure that's what happened noi, but, anyway, there's nobody in the tower. >> that's interesting...

Traffic control recording that was posted on the website, livea liveatc .net. >> american 1900, so you're aware the tower is apparently not manned. we've made a few phone calls. nobody's answering. so two airplanes went in in the past 10-15 minutes, so you can expect to go in as an uncontrolled airport. >> is there a reason it's not manned? >> well, i'm going to take a guess and say that the coroller got locked out. i've heard of this happening before. >> that's the fit time i've heard it. >> fortunately it's not very often. but, yeah, it happened about a year ago. i'm not sure that's what hap...

The flames were brought under control a few hours ago. no one was hurt. airport officials say the flames were away from the runways and terminals but it could lead to delays and in cancellations since tanker trucks are being brought in to refuel the planes. also, coming into landing and silence from the control tower. at reagan international airport yesterday without help because the only one on duty didn't answer. the pilot of the first plane was in contact with regional air traffic control and found out amazingly that they're used to this. listen. >> american 1900, so you're aware, the tow...

At reagan national. just the other night. this is unbelievable. two planes coming in, forced to land at reagan national airport early yesterday morning without any help because the only air traffic controller on duty didn't answer. when the pilots repeatedly asked for help. the pilot of the first plane circled the airport, was forced to contact the regional air traffic control tower found out amazingly that they're used to this kind of thing. listen. >> american 1900, so you're aware, the tower is apparently not manned. we've made a few phone calls. nobody's answering. so two airplanes went in...