{"id":273,"date":"2025-05-15T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:21:20","slug":"denver-airport-air-traffic-control-went-out-for-6-minutes-on-monday-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/denver-airport-air-traffic-control-went-out-for-6-minutes-on-monday-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver airport air traffic control went out for 6 minutes on Monday, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn\u2019t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/news\/investigations\/outage-leaves-up-to-20-pilots-headed-to-denver-airport-unable-to-contact-air-traffic-control-on-monday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to reporting from Denver7.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple outages at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont meant up to 20 pilots couldn\u2019t communicate with controllers as they approached the airport at around 2 p.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/news\/investigations\/outage-leaves-up-to-20-pilots-headed-to-denver-airport-unable-to-contact-air-traffic-control-on-monday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the station reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/05\/14\/denver-aiport-delays-weather-hail\/\" title=\"DIA ground stop lifted, hundreds of flights delayed due to weather\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tDIA ground stop lifted, hundreds of flights delayed due to weather\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/05\/06\/dia-delays-canceled-flights-denver-weather\/\" title=\"More than 600 DIA flights delayed amid spring storm\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tMore than 600 DIA flights delayed amid spring storm\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/04\/24\/denver-flight-delays-dia-airport-thunderstorms\/\" title=\"Thunderstorms delay more than 900 DIA flights\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tThunderstorms delay more than 900 DIA flights\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/04\/16\/united-denver-international-airport-engine-fire-emergency-landing\/\" title=\"Engine of United flight diverted to DIA on Sunday caught fire\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tEngine of United flight diverted to DIA on Sunday caught fire\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/04\/04\/dia-delays-cancelations-denver-snow-weather\/\" title=\"Snow at DIA delays, cancels more than 600 flights\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSnow at DIA delays, cancels more than 600 flights\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A controller was eventually about to contact a pilot using a guard line that\u2019s typically reserved for pilots in distress, and that pilot told other pilots to change to a different frequency.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration could not immediately be reached for comment about the report. DIA officials referred questions to the FAA.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as the FAA is under increased scrutiny because of recent crashes and other mishaps, which agency officials say are caused in part by staff shortages and aging equipment, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/aviation-safety-newark-faa-plane-crash-delays-b07eb7cd16e55380d4e9c6fd67c4eef0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Associated Press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and may be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\">Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn\u2019t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting from Denver7. Multiple outages at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont meant up to 20 pilots couldn\u2019t communicate with controllers as they approached the airport at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agencywebdesigners.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}