Sentence examples for air control authorities from inspiring English sources

Flight MH370 replied "All right, roger that" to a radio message from Malaysian air control, authorities said.

FRANKFURT — Volcanic ash and no-fly orders by European air-control authorities forced the U.S. military to reroute several planes flying wounded soldiers out of Afghanistan and to cancel hundreds of training flights in Europe, military officials said Monday.

In Canada, air traffic control authorities have started talking to Norad, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, about adding commercial uses to existing air defense sites in the Arctic.

International airlines submit flightplans to air traffic control authorities every six months or so.

The move was not unique: Many European countries have privatized their air traffic control authorities.

On a flight from Brussels to Rome, for instance, an aircraft passes through nine air traffic control authorities.

The software it produces would oversee the vehicles' movements and forward such information to the relevant air traffic control authorities.

In some places music stations and phone calls interfere with radio frequencies used by airports and aircraft, causing communication breakdowns with the air traffic control authorities.

An RAF spokesman said: "Typhoon aircraft were launched this afternoon from RAF Coningsby to intercept a civilian aircraft south of London which was causing concern to air traffic control authorities.

The pilot of another flight, who attempted to contact MH370 just after 1.30am at the request of Vietnamese air traffic control authorities who could not reach it, thought he heard the first officer through interference but was not certain.

Because aircraft are concentrated in the airspace around airports, acceptable levels of collision risk can be achieved only by strict adherence to procedures that are set out and monitored by air traffic control authorities.