Air Traffic Control Airlines Clearance 
Aerotime
JANUARY 15, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun an investigation into a midair incident involving a United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER and a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300. On approach the United Airlines aircraft was assigned runway 07R and the Delta jet was given clearance to land on runway 08.
Aerotime
JUNE 23, 2025
A SriLankan Airlines Airbus A320 suffered multiple failures of key flight instruments during a recent flight from Colombo to Singapore but managed to make an emergency landing in Medan after declaring a mayday to air traffic controllers. They received a block clearance between 30,000ft and 35,000ft.
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One Mile at a Time
MARCH 3, 2025
While air traffic controllers instructed them to maintain vertical separation, that wasnt realistic given the limited departure separation. Fortunately, as usual, TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) saved the day. Its normal to provide clearance with a bit of spacing, but one wonders what exactly happened here.
AV Web
DECEMBER 25, 2024
Investigators found multiple human errors to be the primary cause of the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines jet and a Japan Coast Guard (JCG) aircraft at Tokyos Haneda Airport earlier this year. Controllers also did not notice the runway occupancy alert (alerting them to a potential collision) had been going off for about a minute.
One Mile at a Time
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
On the climb out, one of the Southwest pilots can be heard asking the air traffic controller how did that happen? The controller doesnt respond to that, but advises the Southwest flight to switch frequencies (which is fair, since the priority is on safety, and everything else can be discussed later).
One Mile at a Time
JUNE 29, 2025
In this incident, you have one air traffic controller working tower, who was clearly overworked. He was giving takeoff and landing clearance, giving instructions for after takeoff, and was also clearing taxiing planes to cross active runways. Controller: “United 1111, I know, hold short of 1R.”
One Mile at a Time
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
Initial reports indicate that a Delta Airlines CRJ-900, operating as Delta Flight 4819 from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) to Toronto (YYZ), was involved in the incident. However, theres not much to it the aircraft received clearance to land, and that was the end of the communication.
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