[IRCA] FAA says remove AM/FM radios

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FAA says remove AM/FM radios

Controllers tune in for tornado warnings

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Michael Sangiacomo
Plain Dealer Reporter

The air traffic controllers at Florida's Daytona Beach International Airport 
tower knew they were in trouble Dec. 28 when their windows bulged and shook 
during a heavy thunderstorm. It was too dark for them to see that a tornado 
came within 150 yards of the tower.

The controllers say they would have known about the tornado if the Federal 
Aviation Administration had not removed a basic tool - a simple AM/FM 
radio - from all air traffic control facilities just months before.

Full article, from Cleveland Plain Dealer:
http://tinyurl.com/y6f9wl


73

Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON 

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