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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

If some higher-level entity inside the brain is responsible for observing information and deciding what to do, scientists still need to explain how that controller itself works.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

In the control room, the map of Greece is divided into 10 sectors, each managed by a controller assisted by an aide.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

That his controller wasn't a rifle and his raggedy family-reunion T-shirt wasn't a flak jacket.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

During the first part of the mission, Roman communicates with controllers using the Near Space Network, a system of ground stations and relay satellites that handles tracking, telemetry, and commands.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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

Federal aviation officials have found that two air-traffic controllers left work early before an Air Canada regional jet crashed into a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport in March.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Another factor was the lack of a transponder on the fire engine, which would have automatically alerted air traffic controllers that the aircraft and the truck were on a collision course, according to investigators.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Leaping from their seats, controllers cheered, hugged, and cried.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir