FAA Offers Guidance For Oceanic Flights During ‘ATC Zero’

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Credit: TransportationGov
WASHINGTON—International and regional procedures have been established for the unlikely but still possible contingency of losing direction from air traffic control (ATC) in oceanic airspace, a situation that occurred in spring 2020 in airspace controlled by the FAA’s New York oceanic control center...
Bill Carey

Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and uncrewed aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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