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-they put bleachers close to the runway, and you're driven down there and you're in a set of bleachers with your friends and family that you have invited for the landing. -they had speakers, and you could hear rick talking. -and, rick, we're ready for the manoeuvre. -i did not usually come in for a landing. to me, those were so routine. usually, the orbiter has been working well, they have a good weather call. but i had this wing concern because of the impact. so i said, "i will go in." i realized that most of those people at those consoles -- they don't know anything that's been going on for ...

But i had this Wing Concern because of the impact. So i said, i will go in. I realized that most of those people at those consoles they dont know anything thats been going on for two weeks. Theyve been looking at the condition of this system, this system, but they dont know any other history. I was the lead Entry Ground Controller for the mission. My primary thing is getting the Spacecraft Up on to orbit and getting it back down safely. That morning, the atmosphere it was upbeat. Theres no issues. We work with the crew to go through system checkouts. We got all of our systems ready, all the se...

To cross the runway and the takeoff clearance, the pilots did the right thing, but there's a problem with the controllers that perhaps, maybe perhaps a training controller might have actually given the wrong clearance or the airplane across the runway when it shouldn't have. you could hear from the chaos, there was a lot going on in that control tower. appeared i heard three or four voices on there. normally two, a ground controller and the controller who controls the flights in the air for takeoff and landing. but that third voice that we heard on there indicates that maybe there was a traine...

PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION, MD – On May 30, 2023, for the first time in NAS Patuxent River’s 80-year history, its Air Traffic Control Facility (ATCF) was completely staffed by women. The Air Traffic Controllers (ACs) served in nine watch stations between the NAS Pax River Air Traffic Control Tower, Radar Operations, and Flight Planning. NAS Patuxent River is a Class IV Facility and is considered one of the most complex ATCFs in the Navy’s AC community. The NAS Pax River control tower works in excess of 40,000 flight operations per year, and its RADAR operations control ...

Tonight, washington officials downplaying concerns about security, insisting that all protocols were followed before an airline employee stole a plane from the seattle international airport, which is frankly pretty terrifying if true. kyung lah is "outfront" with the latest. >> on runway 1-6-center. holding on runway 1-6-center. >> reporter: new audio from the first moment ground controllers realized they had a big problem rolling down the taxi way. a ground controller repeatedly tries and fails to make contact with a rogue horizon q400. >> flying out of the area. >> reporter: that's the momen...