The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
AP Photo/Mike DererPrivate jets at Teterboro Airport in this 2007 file photo.TETERBORO -- Teterboro Airport is setting up collapsible concrete to stop wayward jets from overrunning its runways. The Port Authority moved forward today to form a 352-foot-long cushion between...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
TETERBORO -- The Federal Aviation Administration has dropped its objections to restore wetlands on a 250-acre site near Teterboro Airport. The government had feared the project would lead to planes hitting more migratory birds. David Bergeland/For The Star-LedgerAir traffic from...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Planes taking off and landing at Teterboro Airport could face increased risks of collisions with birds due to the restoration of a wildlife area in the Meadowlands, according to a report in The Record. The report said the Federal Aviation...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... He hates traveling through La Guardia. When traveling to New York, he usually chooses to land at Teterboro, "because it is much closer to New York City and is less expensive and less prone to ground traffic and air traffic delays than La Guardia." He annoys his assistant. "Petitioner mentioned his unexpected August 21, 2000 visit to New York City to Ms. Depperschmidt on several...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
... traffic controller attempted to clear a path for the flight to the nearest airport, LaGuardia or Teterboro. “We’re gonna be in the Hudson,” Captain Sullenberger replied. The controller thought he had misheard. “People don’t survive landings on the Hudson River,” he said later. Captain Sullenberger points out that pilot simulators do not teach pilots how to land on water. Instead, “we have...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Talk overtook action when a Teterboro air controller gabbed with his girlfriend instead of dealing with midair chaos that killed nine people, a newly released recording of control-tower conversations revealed yesterday. As the deadly danger unfolde...
On Deadline (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
The FAA has released the recording of an air traffic controller bantering about a dead cat with a giggling female friend as a small plane flew toward a collision with a helicopter over the Hudson River in New York in August. The release was in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the AP. On the recording the controller at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey appears engrossed in...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
The FAA has released the audio recording of a Teterboro air traffic controller's phone banter in the moments before a small plane and sightseeing helicopter collided over the Hudson River on August 8th. We look forward to hearing this moron's voice in our heads next time we fly: The recording was released by the FAA in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from The Associated Press...
JONATHAN TURLEY (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
The FAA has released a disturbing tape (below) of an air traffic controller who is heard over a flight recording joking about a dead cat with a female friend as a small plane and tourist helicopter collided in midair — killing nine. The recording the controller at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey shows him [...]
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Public hearings will start next week on a proposed restructuring of the U.S. Postal Service’s North Jersey mail distribution system, which could affect mail facilities in Hanover, Newark, Kearny, Teterboro and Trenton. An in-house study being done by the Postal...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
... hours for Vote-by-Mail traffic. Hudson County: Finally, some good news. Hanover, Newark, Kearny, Teterboro & Trenton: Public hearings on P.O. closings would affect you. Burlington & Ocean counties: It's a good time to be a cranberry.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi is escorted onto a NYPD helicopter after his arrival at Teterboro airport. New York Daily News Radical Influences All Around NYC Terror Suspect -- New York Times NEW YORK (AP) -- If he chose to listen, Najibullah Zazi could hear the calls for violence all around him. The Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terror attack on New York City spent his earliest...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
... pilot and five Italian tourists. According to the suit, Steven Altman asked the control tower in Teterboro, N.J., for permission to fly at 3,500 feet to avoid "the free-for-all of air traffic, including helicopter bumper-car operation of Meridian defendants" flying lower over the Hudson. Instead, the controller handed off responsibility for the plane to nearby Newark Liberty International...
AboutLawsuits.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
... request to fly at 3,500 feet to avoid air traffic was shrugged off by an air traffic controller in Teterboro, New Jersey, who was talking on a personal phone call at the same time. The controller transferred responsibility for Altman’s plane to Newark Liberty International Airport and the controller’s supervisor was gone from the tower, allegedly on an unauthorized personal errand. Additional...
The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Baer will be in charge of one of the largest and busiest aviation systems, overseeing John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports. Last year, more than 107 million fliers used the Port Authority airports, which also handled roughly 2.4 million tons of cargo
