ATC

Example Sentences

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“Their right wing clipped our nose and the cockpit,” a pilot from flight 5047, the Charlotte flight, said in an ATC audio recording.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

The FAA employs around 45,000 people, of which ATC staff number about 14,000.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

“Wow! In the years I’ve been doing this, I’ve never heard a ATC controller tell a plane to ‘Stop, stop, stop,’” he says in the video.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

ATC media officials didn’t immediately respond to emails sent after the hearing seeking comment.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

Klotz begins with a routine acknowledgment of the instructions from ATC and doesn’t mention his concern about fuel until the second half of the sentence.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell