Senate Hearings - Washington

Senate Hearings - Washington

Rich Santa, President, National Air Traffic Controller Association at a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing for the Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation to examine addressing close calls to improve aviation safety in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Photo by Annabelle Gordon/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. to return Okinawa air control rights to Japan

U.S. to return Okinawa air control rights to Japan

NAHA, Japan - A U.S. forces air traffic controller (R) hands a headset to a Japanese controller during a ceremony in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2010, ahead of the transfer from the United States to Japan of air traffic control rights around the main Okinawa island on March 31.

2 air controllers given suspended sentences

2 air controllers given suspended sentences

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuko Momii, an air traffic controller, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 11 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's verdict of not guilty and sentenced her to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for negligence over a near collision in 2001 between two Japan Airlines planes over the Pacific. Hideki Hachitani, who was under Momii's supervision, received 12-month prison term, suspended for three years. (Kyodo)

U.S. to return Okinawa air control rights to Japan

U.S. to return Okinawa air control rights to Japan

NAHA, Japan - A U.S. forces air traffic controller (R) hands a headset to a Japanese controller during a ceremony in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2010, ahead of the transfer from the United States to Japan of air traffic control rights around the main Okinawa island on March 31. (Kyodo)