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A.T.C. Problems

Air Traffic Control problems continue to plague our nation's airports and the Federal Aviation Adminisatration. Linda speaks with Matt Wald, who's an aviation correspondent with the New York Times, about the problems with the air traffic control systems. Yesterday there were major problems with a radar at Pittsburgh's airport, closing it down for hours. This is not the first time this has happened, says Wild. The F-A-A is trying to fix the problems and is proposing new measures of how to make the airtraffic control systems safer.

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