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Controllers were caught sleeping on the job. the top official has now lost his job and the government is launching a top to bottom review. >> what happened in these control towers with controllers sleeping is outrageous, the kind of behavior we will not tolerate at the faa, we will not tolerate in control towers, safety is always our number one priority. >> air traffic controllers tell the associated press it is not uncommon for overnight workers to nap on the job and one whistle-blower says there's a cot in the radar tower. >> that esnot good. could we get a cot out here? we get here awfully ...

Control towers with controllers sleeping is outrag outrageous, e kind of behavior we will not tolerate at the faa, not tal rate in control towers. safety is always your number one priority. we will not rest until every control tower in this country has controllers that are doing their job and we're sure they are doing their job, and we want to assure the flying public that we are going to work 24-7 to make sure that safety considerations are always the first priority for the flying public. martha: you heard him. they said they will not rest until this is done. unfortunately there have been too...

His job. >> what happened in these control towers with controllers sleeping is outrageous. it is the kind of behavior that we will not tolerate. >> reporter: the faa has since ordered at least two controllers in every tower that is open for business overnight. but for the flying public, it has been three weeks of unsettling news about aviation safety. from the sleeping controllers to the 737 that landed with the hole in its roof, to the airbus a-380 that clipped and tossed aside a regional jet. aviation experts also point out it has been more than two years since anyone died in a commercial ai...

Springs. again, you're looking at the video there. the plane circled for two hours over the airport trying to fix a problem with the landing gear. the plane belongs to the california air national guard. the crew exited the plane, and it's good news, without injury. the federal aviation administration is putting new rules for air traffic controllers into effect, and they're doing it immediately. the controllers union agreed to the rules aimed at preventing their workers from falling asleep on the job. there have already been seven such incidents just this year. transportation secretary ray la...

To reassure travelers after several air traffic controllers were caught sleeping on the job. the top official has lost his job. the government is launching a top to bottom review. >> what happened in these control towers with controllers sleeping is outrageous, it eat kind of behavior that we will not tolerate at the faa. we will not tolerate in control towers. safety is always our number one priority. >> air traffic controllers tell the associated press that it's not uncommon for overnight workers to nap on the job. in fact one whistle blower says there's even a cot in a radar tower and inter...