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Southwest Flight 1045 into MDW diverts due to radio silence at control tower
Just after midnight on June 4, 2016, the pilot for Southwest Airlines flight 1045 was unable to get anyone from the airport tower to respond. So a controller from the Federal Aviation Administration's regional center in Elgin stepped in. The airliner and other flights were put in a holding pattern as more attempts were made to reach the tower. Regional controller: Southwest 1045 did you try them on guard at all? Pilot: We tried them on guard, we got dispatch and company all trying to call… (abc7chicago.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
bathroom break?? thought there was supposed to be 2+ controllers in tower on graveyard shift now?... used to work a tower at a commercial airport - all alone from 11 PM to 7 PM... YEAH, USED TO SLEEP... but always with speakers turned up high!
Appreciate your speaking some truth on this, Tom. People need to understand that controllers in fact do things like sleep, read, listen to radios, use PCs, watch TVs while controlling traffic, each of which is not entirely unreasonable, especially where the controller is stuck being awake all night, often with 2-hours or even 5-hours of zero traffic to work. The problem comes in when controllers drop their vigilance - their ability and responsibility to drop the distraction - and the problem is compounded by both an agency and a controller union (NATCA) hellbent on coverup.
i think everyone had the burrito special at "al's mexican fiesta"
or they got the special instead of the soup.
or they got the special instead of the soup.
Not even close to funny.
But could be true
Land anyway.........! Call the center....Look at Montana/Wyoming, etc. The Captain makes the decision. Revenue flights land in many places without an active control tower.