Air traffic control errors increase 81 percent since 2007
March 8, 2011, 07:40 pm
The number of errors made by air traffic control officials have increased from 1,040 in 2007 to 1,887 in 2010, according to Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA data reflected an 81 percent increase over the three year span, which may have led to 43 accidents last year, which was a 326 percent increase from the 34 accident-contributing errors in 2007.
The data, which includes general aviation aircraft, is reportedly not cause for alarm, according to the source. They may just be a reflection of improved reporting standards, not a increase in the actual occurrence of errors.
"It's in that spirit that we're really trying to encourage the reporting and classification of this information - because only then do we have a much safer system going forward," Michael Huerta, the FAA's deputy administrator, told USA Today.
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