Air Traffic Errors Remain Flat After Surge
615 views · Published 22 February 2012 · 5:26 · Indexed 8 October 2026
Channel: The Wall Street Journal · 2012 · Howto & Style
After years of sharp increases in air-traffic control mistakes, the FAA is expected to announce that recorded errors stayed flat at roughly 1,900 incidents nationwide in 2011. But the most serious category of near-collisions went up again, and safety experts expect further spikes in the overall error rate this year as computerized system begin identifying slipups that often weren't caught before. Don’t miss a WSJ video, subscribe here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM
