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That airport sits within a baseball throw of the pentagon, of the white house, of the capitol building. this is not a very good situation. >> reporter: federal officials say they're still not sure exactly what happened, whether the controller did, in fact, fall asleep or had a medical emergency or some other problem. they say this controller did have an unblemished record. but in the meantime, the transportation secretary, ray lahood, has ordered the faa to make certain that two controllers are on duty on the midnight shift here at reagan and to check the staffing at other air traffic control ...

Notified by the operation center of the tower problem. >> united 628, just so you're aware, we've had one aircraft go into dca. the tower is apparently unmanned. >> reporter: it landed safely too, and the tower controller was back on the radio about five minutes later. but a former airline pilot calls it a serious lapse. >> of all the airports on the planet, this is the worst one for that to happen to. let's face it, that airport sits within a baseball throw of the pentagon, of the white house, of the capitol building. this is not a very good situation. >> reporter: federal officials say they'...

Around that same time, a united airlines plane with 68 people on board heading in from chicago is notified by the operation center of the tower problem. >> united 628, just so you're aware, we've had one aircraft go into dca. the tower is apparently unmanned. >> reporter: it landed safely too and the tower controller was back on the radio about five minutes later. baa former airline pilot calls it a serious lapse. >> of all the airports on the planet, this is the worst one for that to happen to. let's face it, that airport sits within a baseball throw of the pentagon, of the white house, of th...