Possible air control errors investigated

Published: June 26, 2008 at 2:15 PM

CHICAGO, June 26 (UPI) -- Federal Aviation Administration officials confirm an investigation into a possible coverup of control errors at a Chicago-area radar facility is under way.

The inquiry focuses on whether supervisors at the FAA radar facility in Elgin, Ill., underreported air-safety violations by controllers, the U.S. Department of Transportation's inspector general's office said.

Investigators want to know whether the controller errors were instead blamed on pilots or simply ignored, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The controller errors under investigation involved failures to maintain the required spacing between airplanes taking off or landing at O'Hare International Airport, Midway Airport and smaller area facilities.

© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
COL BKB: Villanova 79, Ole Miss 67 (25 min)
River Cats owner Arthur Savage dies at 58 (39 min)
NBA: Phoenix 117, Detroit 91 (54 min)
UPI Sports Calendar for Monday, Nov. 23
UPI NewsTrack Sports
COL BKB: Tennessee 57, DePaul 53
COL BKB: Kansas State 83, Dayton 75
fark
Not news: woman wants twins. News: woman already has thirteen kids. Fark: names include Peppermint,...
Photoshop this immune system test
Lots and lots of people would rather die than continue working for France Telecom
Doctors discover patient trapped in a 23-year 'coma' has been conscious all along
Despite efforts to discourage them, Iraqi refugees keep flocking to Detroit, since living in a war-torn...
Congratulations to the unnamed motorist who received Virginia's first $1,000 traffic ticket for...