Tag: #AirTraffic

  • Audio Recording: PIA pilot rudely violates ATC instructions

    Audio Recording: PIA pilot rudely violates ATC instructions

    Air traffic controllers (ATC) control flight paths, communicate with pilots, respond to in-air emergencies, and prevent aircraft collisions. Using radar and other technology, controllers keep track of the location of each and every aircraft in the sky. The job of air traffic control was subsequently established to help maintain safe separation between aircraft and to…

  • How can flying be safer than driving?

    How can flying be safer than driving?

    The opinion article is by Mr. Lucman Khan. Aviation is considered to be one of the safest means of transportation and it still holds that title with only 0.07 deaths per one billion passenger miles as compared to the motorcycle with 212.57 deaths per billion miles traveled. The primary reason for Aviation to be safer…