In this episode, we listen in on a controller with some great intuition.

A private pilot at Rocky Mountain Metro airport, radios the tower preparing to take off, but he doesn't sound quite right.

The pilot is slurring his words and can't seem to remember the runway numbers at the airport.

At the end of the recording, you will hear the controller ask the pilot to shut down the aircraft so authorities could ask him some questions.

Once approached, the man was indeed arrested for being under the influence.

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In this episode, we go paranormal.

Piedmont flight 5795 radios the tower with an inquiry...but not your normal navigation-related query.

The pilot is seeing some mysterious lights in the sky and is trying to figure out if the tower can explain it.

The controllers call out to some other nearby aircraft to see if they are seeing this unexplained phenomenon.

Are you a believer?? 👽

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In this episode, we go to Boise, Idaho (KBOI) where an Eclipse aircraft is coming in for a landing, when the tower notices sparks and smoke coming from the aircraft.

Embarrassingly, The pilot forgot to remove the towbar on take off, resulting in a scary landing with emergency crews being dispatched.

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In this episode, a Saratoga private aircraft is coming in for landing in Spanish Fork, Utah when is radios the tower with a mayday.

Confusion ensues as controllers try to locate the downed plane, until someone identifies it's location.

The aircraft crashed in the front yard of a house just short of the airfield.

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In this episode, a Skywest CRJ7 is coming in for a landing in Oklahoma City, and the weather is getting frightful.

As the pilot is speaking with the tower to navigate around the weather, he casually reports a lightning strike to the controller.

The aircraft lands safely and the pilot and crew needs to assess whether any damage has occurred that requires attention.

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In this episode, an Air France heavy aircraft is landing in Toronto (flight 356) from Paris when a failed landing results in a tail strike.

The pilot requests to go around so he can come back in for a long rollout landing.

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In this episode of Air Traffic Out Of Control, we go up to Crystal Minnesota airport (KMIC).

In this recording, you will hear an embarrassed pilot tell the tower he used 'a little too much brake' and ended up wrecking the aircraft, leading to a closure of the airport.

Emergency crews then spring into action to remove the aircraft from the tarmac.

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In this episode, Lufthansa flight 423 (Airbus A340-300), departs from Boston bound for Frankfurt when the aircraft strikes a bird.

The pilot radios the tower, requesting to level off to 10,000 feet to assess an issue.

The engine is badly vibrating, so the pilot determines that a return to Boston is the best course of action.

The aircraft circles back to the airport after dumping fuel.

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In this episode, a Beech Craft, C99 commuter aircraft took off from Manchester New Hampshire when the tower started noticing the plane flying erratically off course.

It turns out the cockpit door flew off the aircraft causing the pilot to lose control, while also making communications with the tower very difficult.

The plane ended up crashing in a nearby residential area.

Luckily, the sole pilot on board was injured, but survived.

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In this episode of Air Traffic Out Of Control, American Airlines flight 1849 is diverted to Minneapolis while performing a flight from Charlotte to Portland when it experiences a failure on engine number one.

The pilot decisively radios the tower with a mayday and organizes an emergency landing.

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