Air traffic control supervisor suspened at Reagan National

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Local Commuter Alert: AP: Air traffic control supervisor suspended at Reagan National

March 24, 2011 12:59:28 PM
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The nation’s top aviation official says he’s suspended a control tower supervisor while investigating why no controller was available to aid two planes that landed at Washington’s Reagan airport earlier this week.

Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt said Thursday in a statement that the controller has been suspended from his operational duties. He said he was “personally outraged” that the supervisor — the lone controller on duty in the airport tower at the time — failed to meet his duties.

An aviation official who spoke on condition of anonymity because an investigation is underway said the supervisor fell asleep.

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