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Thomas Hedeen, Denver ATCT “Any ops vehicle on Denver Tower, any ops vehicle,” controller Tom Hedeen asks over the radio. An aircraft has gone off runway 34R and Hedeen’s efforts to make contact with the pilot […]

Bruce Clough, Stephen Roebuck, John Therrien, and Bill Wood, Boston Center On Jan. 1, 2008, N83446, a Piper Seneca, was en route from Springfield, Vt. to Farmingdale, N.Y. when it experienced a failure of its vacuum […]

Robert Zeman, Chicago Midway ATCT “Everything seemed normal until he was about 10 feet above the runway surface,” said controller Bob Zeman. Zeman was referring to Flight N612KB, an EA50 that was in the process of […]

Steve Flickinger, Roanoke ATCT On Nov. 30, 2008, controller Steve Flickinger only had one chance, and one chance only, to bring N9118J safely into Roanoke. He was working the ROA combined radar control position in the […]

Christian Manglona, Des Moines ATCT Panic set in for Cessna Caravan pilot, Timothy Gerber, on the night of Oct. 2, 2008, as he proceeded with his routine flight from Des Moines to Omaha. Catastrophic engine failure […]

Mark Harris, Anchorage TRACON “I remembered my pilot’s friend, whose engine on his C182 Skylane seized over Turnagain Arm near the airport of Hope a couple of summers ago, telling me that when he was going […]