Voice of America: Airport Towers Close Under Forced US Budget Cuts

Voice of America Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries

Airport Towers Close Under Forced US Budget Cuts Mar 28th 2013, 19:36 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration will close 149 air traffic control towers beginning in early April as part of mandatory spending cuts designed to trim millions of dollars from its budget. Transportation officials say the budget cuts to civil aviation will not compromise safety on the ground or in the skies. A community outside Washington where some think shutting down a newly-built control tower is a mistake. Air traffic controllers at the Frederick, Maryland, airport will no longer ... Media files: 371AC377-D8ED-43D8-8867-D77816323309_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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