Air Controller Caught Watching Movie
Another air traffic controller who worked the overnight shift has been relieved of his duties for not doing his job -- and this time, it wasn't because he was sleeping. The controller, who was supposed to be monitoring high-altitude air traffic in the Cleveland area, was caught watching a movie while on duty. Apparently, his microphone got stuck in the transmit position, which prevented him from hearing incoming radio calls, and also transmitted the audio of the film he was watching into all the planes in his airspace for more than three minutes, the Associated Press reports. The flick that did him in? The 2007 thriller "Cleaner," with Samuel L. Jackson. At least it wasn't "Snakes on a Plane" ...
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Tags: air traffic controller, AirTrafficController, cleaner, FAA, movie
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