A new bill supports air traffic control recruitment and retention efforts and mental health services for controllers. Here's what we know.

The FAA isn't alone in clinging to floppy disk technology. San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from 5.25-inch floppy disks, with upgrades not expected until 2030 due to budget constraints. Japan has also struggled in recent years to modernize government record systems that use floppy disks.

It’s hard to miss the blaring headlines: The United States’s air traffic control system is severely understaffed. While high-profile issues like the ones at Newark Airport in New Jersey have pushed the crisis into public view, industry insiders say the problem has been simmering out of sight for a very long time.

A shortage of air traffic controllers is one factor into the rough stretch of delays and cancellations at Newark Airport.

There is no instant fix of the troubles in the tower ahead of the busy summer travel season, according to interviews with experts and federal records.

The nation’s air traffic control system, responsible for ensuring the safe passage of nearly 3 million travelers a day, has long been overtaxed, understaffed and saddled with technology that looks like it was unearthed from a time capsule – creating scenarios that have consistently put flyers at risk, and on some occasions, led to lives being lost.

Austin airport's CEO warned the Federal Aviation Administration months ago about the "critical" staffing shortage at the air traffic control tower causing delays and reducing safety.

An Air India plane from Ahmedabad to London with 242 passengers crashed in the Meghaninagar area near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday. Confirming the incident, Air India said that Flight AI171, operating Ahmedabad-London Gatwick,

Newark Liberty International Airport suffered yet more travel chaos late Wednesday with a temporary ground stoppage due to a worrying lack of air traffic controllers.