Arizona mid-air collision: What is air traffic control tower and what role does it play? - All you need to know
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Arizona mid-air collision: What is air traffic control tower and what role does it play? - All you need to know

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Tens of thousands of planes take off, land and perform touch-and-goes at the Marana Regional Airport in southern Arizona every year. Without an air traffic control tower, it's a calculated dance that requires communication by pilots. Responsibilities evolved, and the agency became the Federal Aviation Administration as air traffic control systems were being modernized. Through the FAA, airports can apply for federal grants to modernize and build air traffic control towers that are staffed by private companies and contract workers, rather than FAA staff. But labor and industry groups say even without cuts, air traffic control towers were already understaffed.

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