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    air traffic

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    n. (u.)Uncountable NounThe movement of aircraft in the air and on the ground, especially at an airport.
    Air traffic was disrupted by the storm.
    n. (u.)Uncountable NounThe service that directs aircraft, especially near airports.
    Air traffic control is a stressful job.

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    While Missiles Fly, Flights Land: How Israel’s Airport Stays Open | WSJ

    07:09While Missiles Fly, Flights Land: How Israel’s Airport Stays Open | WSJ
    • the country's civil and military air traffic controllers also work very closely together and often sit in the same buildings and look at the same aerial picture.

      the country's civil and military air traffic controllers also work very closely together and often sit in the same buildings and look at the same aerial picture.

    • the country's civil and military air traffic controllers

      the country's civil and military air traffic controllers

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    Whitlock's Hot Air Balloons with Steve Buscemi

    06:26Whitlock's Hot Air Balloons with Steve Buscemi
    • Scary stories like this are no surprise these days because right now, air traffic control is severely understaffed.

      Scary stories like this are no surprise these days because right now, air traffic control is severely understaffed.

    • Between air traffic control issues, between air traffic control issues, crumbling infrastructure and staffing shortages, airlines are bracing for the summer of hell.

      Between air traffic control issues, between air traffic control issues, crumbling infrastructure and staffing shortages, airlines are bracing for the summer of hell.

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    Plane carrying 48 people goes down in Russian far east | BBC News

    02:50Plane carrying 48 people goes down in Russian far east | BBC News
    • Russian rescuers have found the burning fuselage of a passenger plane which earlier lost contact with air traffic controllers.

      Russian rescuers have found the burning fuselage of a passenger plane which earlier lost contact with air traffic controllers.

    • Russian rescuers have found the burning fuselage of a passenger plane which earlier lost contact with air traffic controllers.

      Russian rescuers have found the burning fuselage of a passenger plane which earlier lost contact with air traffic controllers.

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    Antonov AN-24 plane carrying 49 crashes in eastern Russia | DW News

    00:42Antonov AN-24 plane carrying 49 crashes in eastern Russia | DW News
    • The burning fuselage of the plane was spotted by helicopter shortly after it lost contact with air traffic control and disappeared from radar.

      The burning fuselage of the plane was spotted by helicopter shortly after it lost contact with air traffic control and disappeared from radar.

    • The burning fuselage of the plane was spotted by helicopter shortly after it lost contact with air traffic control and disappeared from radar.

      The burning fuselage of the plane was spotted by helicopter shortly after it lost contact with air traffic control and disappeared from radar.

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    10 Scariest Moments in Recent World History

    16:1210 Scariest Moments in Recent World History
    • There were concerns about the air traffic control systems in those countries, but there have been no problems reported at airports with airlines or in any of those systems.

      There were concerns about the air traffic control systems in those countries, but there have been no problems reported at airports with airlines or in any of those systems.

    • There were concerns about the air traffic control systems in those countries,

      There were concerns about the air traffic control systems in those countries,

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    Black Hawk Helicopter Collides with Passenger Jet over Washington DC | Vantage with Palki Sharma

    07:27Black Hawk Helicopter Collides with Passenger Jet over Washington DC | Vantage with Palki Sharma
    • That was the air traffic control tower at the airport giving the flight permission to land.

      That was the air traffic control tower at the airport giving the flight permission to land.

    • ATC, of course, is the air traffic control.

      ATC, of course, is the air traffic control.

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    Air Travel Pain Intensifies | FIFA's Fake Peace Prize | Americans Need To Lose 135 Billion Pounds

    10:40Air Travel Pain Intensifies | FIFA's Fake Peace Prize | Americans Need To Lose 135 Billion Pounds
    • that havoc is about to get even re because air traffic controllers aren't being paid.

      that havoc is about to get even re because air traffic controllers aren't being paid.

    • and that havoc is about to get even wreakier because air traffic controllers aren't being paid,

      and that havoc is about to get even wreakier because air traffic controllers aren't being paid,

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    America's Arctic Blast | Trump Threatens Air Traffic Controllers | The Math On 50-Year Mortgages

    12:13America's Arctic Blast | Trump Threatens Air Traffic Controllers | The Math On 50-Year Mortgages
    • The shutdown, which is technically still not over, has caused major chaos at airports across the United States, where air traffic controllers have gone unpaid for so long that many have had to call out of work or even resign.

      The shutdown, which is technically still not over, has caused major chaos at airports across the United States, where air traffic controllers have gone unpaid for so long that many have had to call out of work or even resign.

    • The shutdown, which is technically still not over, has caused major chaos at airports across the United States where air traffic controllers have gone unpaid for so long that many have had to call out of work or even resign.

      The shutdown, which is technically still not over, has caused major chaos at airports across the United States where air traffic controllers have gone unpaid for so long that many have had to call out of work or even resign.

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    How will people travel in the future? | The Economist

    03:37How will people travel in the future? | The Economist
    • But these cross-city flights will require changes to air traffic control systems, which will probably take longer to develop than the flying vehicles themselves.

      But these cross-city flights will require changes to air traffic control systems, which will probably take longer to develop than the flying vehicles themselves.

    • But these cross-city flights will require changes to air traffic control systems, which will probably take longer to develop than the flying vehicles themselves.

      But these cross-city flights will require changes to air traffic control systems, which will probably take longer to develop than the flying vehicles themselves.

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    Sonya Huang and Sarah Guo on what's next in AI | Mercury Spheres

    39:21Sonya Huang and Sarah Guo on what's next in AI | Mercury Spheres
    • And I think that Dharmesh from HubSpot has this great phrase of, we're going from copilots to autopilots, but now we're going to air traffic control.

      And I think that Dharmesh from HubSpot has this great phrase of, we're going from copilots to autopilots, but now we're going to air traffic control.

    • But I think we are increasingly moving to this air traffic control phase of AI where in part because of what these agents can now do by themselves, in part because of the amazing vertical specific agents that companies are building, there actually are agents that can do entire jobs to be done for you.

      But I think we are increasingly moving to this air traffic control phase of AI where in part because of what these agents can now do by themselves, in part because of the amazing vertical specific agents that companies are building, there actually are agents that can do entire jobs to be done for you.

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