Posted on 12/20/2016 6:18:22 PM PST by george76
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why pilots trying to land at the Boise Airport were met with silence from air traffic controllers during the early hours of Nov. 19.
Boise Police officers and paramedics were called out to the air traffic control tower at 2:41 a.m. for a welfare check after learning that pilots and airport officials had been unable to reach the tower operators, despite trying multiple radio frequencies, telephone and the emergency "red phone."
The first officers on scene wrote in a report that after reaching a locked gate, they used a spotlight to flash the tower and turned on their sirens and air horn in order to alert the people inside, but got no response.
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Once inside the elevator, several of the officers noticed an odor of marijuana coming from the employee. Officer Andrew Morlock wrote in a report that his "demeanor appeared to be slow and confused as to what was going on."
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"The individual in the tower seemed very groggy and sluggish, what I would describe as dazed and confused," ..
The employee admitted he had fallen asleep while he was supposed to be monitoring air traffic..
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"We spoke with .. both of them appeared to be unconcerned about the situation and the severity of not being able to contact with the Air Traffic Control Tower," ... there were two Life Flight helicopters requesting permission to land and could not get a response from the tower. Again [redacted] did not appear to be too concerned about the situation while we were speaking with him and stood and smiled."
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The officers say as they were leaving the tower, they again smelled marijuana... the tower "was calling out wrong runways and directions" to pilots trying to and at the airport.
(Excerpt) Read more at khou.com ...
According to the article they were both tested for drugs and the tests were negative.
But doesn't make sense - unless they found a way to beat the tests, or were first-time users?
My Wilson. The transmission towers for the over air TV stations. If a plane hits, all LA would have only cable
Now I know where they sent that guy at Charlie-West that I never could wake at 3 AM on my cargo flights from DTW to CLT....
Dave’s not here man.
More of deliberate chaos from the Obama Administration.
It will take years for all of his mischief to come to light.
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