/tags/national-transportation-safety-board National Transportation Safety Board en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:42:21 GMT /transportation/2024-06-13/austin-texas-airport-near-miss-faa-ntsb-runway-safety-tech The FAA system provides a visual representation of where planes are located on the runways and taxiways. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:42:21 GMT /transportation/2024-06-13/austin-texas-airport-near-miss-faa-ntsb-runway-safety-tech Nathan Bernier /transportation/2024-01-08/weather-observers-at-austins-airport-have-no-windows-or-internet-access FAA contractors who serve as a human backup to automated weather systems have to exit the air traffic control tower just to see if it's raining, according to federal government documents. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /transportation/2024-01-08/weather-observers-at-austins-airport-have-no-windows-or-internet-access Nathan Bernier /transportation/2017-10-17/federal-investigators-fault-pilot-for-hot-air-balloon-crash-that-killed-16 Federal regulators are calling for stricter requirements to fly hot air balloons after a crash near Lockhart last year that killed all 16 peopleā€� Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:37:16 GMT /transportation/2017-10-17/federal-investigators-fault-pilot-for-hot-air-balloon-crash-that-killed-16 Joseph Leahy