Two Air Taffic Controllers Collide
Two air traffic controllers collided in the tower at New York's La
Guardia airport. The men involved in the incident were both focusing
their attention on donuts and coffee they were individually carrying
when they crashed into each other, spilling the contents on a radar
machine and short-circuiting it. The controllers however, did not
follow FAA regulations by reporting the incident and instead relied on
binoculars to observe air traffic at the busy airport. As a result, all
10,000 air traffic controllers nationwide are being required to retrain
in the proper procedure of holding a donut and coffee mug so as not to
disrupt operations. "We feel secure that flying will be safe again
after the retraining is completed," an FAA official said in Washington.
