A week into the government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are starting to climb as sick calls involving air traffic controllers leave a number of airport towers and control facilities ...

A flight from Paris to Corsica was forced to circle for nearly an hour before landing early Tuesday after the sole air traffic controller on duty at Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte Airport reportedly fell ...

An Air Corsica flight was forced to circle for over an hour because an air traffic controller fell asleep. First responders had to enter the control tower at Napoléon Bonaparte airport in Corsica to ...

The government shutdown highlighted a fragile link in the nation's aviation system: finding enough air traffic controllers to keep flights on schedule. The 43-day closure, during which controllers ...

Airports across the United States have been experiencing significant flight delays recently because of a shortage of air traffic controllers, who have been required to work without pay since a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airports in U.S. cities including Denver; Newark, New Jersey; and Burbank, California, experienced flight delays Monday amid ...

A Spirit Airlines pilot was scolded by air traffic control on Tuesday after not immediately responding to a controller’s instructions as Air Force One flew about 8 miles away. The two aircraft were ...

Air traffic controllers expressed concern that a Boston-bound Spirit flight was flying too close to Air Force One as both traversed New York skies Tuesday, radio communications show, though a source ...

The longest government shutdown in US history shook travel plans across America earlier this month as a shortage of air traffic controllers resulted in thousands of delayed or canceled flights. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A week into the government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are starting to climb as sick calls involving air traffic ...