The flight received VFR flight-following services from the non-radar
approach control facility at Helena, Mon.
Peterson, who works at the FAA's Dallas/Fort Worth terminal radar
approach control facility, played an active role to modernize the technology and systems that give controllers the complete airspace picture.
Controllers at central Florida's
approach control facility received a report from the pilots of an Airbus A319 airliner that they had sighted a drone below the plane at about 11,000 feet and 15 miles west of Orlando.
Is it attached to the same
approach control facility? Yes?
On July 12,2001, Kansas City Air Route Traffic Control Center (Center) advised Whiteman Radar
Approach Control Facility (RAPCON) of a crippled air carrier jet that needed to land immediately The airliner, an MD-80 with 138 passengers and crew, lost its left engine and had smoke in the cabin and cockpit.
After clearing the runway and switching to ground control, that controller apologized, saying his tower had been having coordination issues with the area's
approach control facility and noted I hadn't done anything wrong.
Improvement however was shown at the Southern California
approach control facility, which reported a 40% decrease in operation errors over the last four years.