controller
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The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
So they launched one drone first, then transferred the battery from that controller into the other one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
US aviation regulator the FAA said that "the air traffic controller was in contact with both the commercial pilot and Marine One pilot during the loss of separation."
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
In an email sent to 5 Live staff on Monday morning, the station's controller Heidi Dawson said he had now decided to leave.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
He squints and touches the probes to a different pair of contacts inside the controller.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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"We do know, as I've mentioned before, that this is a significant, I guess, ramping up period for air services in terms of recruiting, training, and qualifying air traffic controllers," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The agencies warned that Iran-affiliated hackers were targeting internet-connected industrial controllers “to cause disruptive effects within the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Number of internet-facing programmable logic controllers in use at organizations across the U.S. and Canada, according to research from cyber company Forescout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They provide so much support for our planet, as decomposers, pest controllers, food for other animals and generally for keeping our systems clean and tidy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
That’s what Ratwatte meant when he said that no American would have been so fatally intimidated by the controllers at Kennedy Airport.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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