Sentence examples for by the control tower from inspiring English sources

In one incident the Americans called particularly jarring, a helicopter carrying a senior bureau official to Aden airport was told by the control tower to return to the Navy ships because it lacked approval to land.

Dr Baddeley explained that the Svalbard array is shut down by the control tower of the local airport whenever an aircraft approaches so any risk is negligible.

In one case, for example, the pilots forgot to slow down in descent, and had to be told by the control tower to come round again.

By some accounts, Harari had successfully reconnoitred the airport beforehand by blagging his way into the control tower disguised as an Italian businessman.

With the control tower damaged by the waves, the Americans ran the airport for weeks, guiding their military planes in and out from backpack radios.

The pilot of the Airbus A330-200, whish is powered by two Rolls-Royce engines, "told the control tower about 20 minutes before landing that it probably would have to put down in the sea since it was losing fuel," Mr. Lagarto said.

She acknowledged the severe damage to the Port-au-Prince airport, where the control tower was destroyed by the earthquake on Jan . 12and traffic is directed by the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron of the U.S. Air Force.

By late last fall, it could be spotted from the control tower at La Guardia Airport, eight and a half miles away.

The third floor and the control tower were affected by infiltration, mainly from entrance doors.

Pleas for response from the control tower were also ignored by Lubitz, and of course the captain who was locked outside at the time.

Standing in the control tower, you are surrounded by more than 50 million barrels of oil, yet not a drop can be seen.