The Department of Transportation has asked the airport to reduce operations to 56 departures and arrivals per hour.

An air traffic controller on duty during a 90-second communications blackout at Newark International Airport earlier this month says that if immediate changes aren’t made, “people will pay with ...

United Airlines Capt. Miles Morgan says a loss of communication with air traffic control is one of the first things pilots ...

Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper is demanding answers from the FAA following a Denver7 Investigates report revealing a major safety and communication lapse involving planes enroute to Denver ...

Sen. John Hickenlooper told Denver7 Investigates he is eager to get to the bottom of why as many as 20 pilots bound for DEN were unable to communicate with air traffic controllers last week.

Outages are not just a Newark problem—in recent weeks, at least three other U.S. airports have reported communication ...

Colorado lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation to address travelers’ and pilots’ worries after a communication outage on May 12.

At least one person was killed when a small plane crashed Saturday near the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield ...

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) The Trump administration is promising to fix the nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers after recent control tower mishaps and a string of crashes earlier this year.

KUNC collects and curates some of the more important stories of the week that have aired on our daily newscast. We know how ...

Air traffic controllers in Denver lost communications with planes for 90 seconds earlier this week and had to scramble to use ...

The latest incident highlights broader FAA issues and is prompting additional calls for equipment upgrades and more staffing.