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An air traffic controller realized the mistake a few seconds later, telling the fire crew to "stop stop stop."

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

A controller cleared a responding firetruck to cross a runway, on which Air Canada Express Flight 8646 had also been cleared to land.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

After her death was announced, the then-BBC director general Tim Davie paid tribute to her as "a broadcasting icon", while Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya described her as "warm, fearless and beloved by listeners".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Explaining that the brain works by way of a central controller suggests that you haven't figured out how the brain works, because you've just put a person inside your brain," says James.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

I rolled over and saw Alaska pulling the controller up and to the right, as if that would help her escape certain death.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green

"No matter how sophisticated your controllers, in the end it's a human operator that sets the parameters for that control," Farre Kaga said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

In practice, this is meant to allow controllers to reduce the distance between landing aircraft, particularly in high winds, and get them on the ground more quickly.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Mission controllers will carry out the first of two course corrections, and Roman's Coronagraph Instrument will be switched on.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration is moving to fire the two controllers, who officials determined had left about an hour before their shifts ended on March 22, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

How could the air traffic controllers keep track of the blips on the radar screen amid heavy fighting?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel