{"id":260438,"date":"2025-08-02T01:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/atc-controllers-suspended-after-18-year-old-visitor-directs-flights\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T01:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:17:32","slug":"air-traffic-controllers-suspended-after-teenager-interacts-with-departing-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=260438","title":{"rendered":"Air Traffic Controllers Suspended After Teenager Interacts With Departing Aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air traffic controllers in the Colombian city ofBogota<\/a><\/span> have found themselves in hot water after footage emerged online of a teenage boy giving clearances to aircraft in their tower. The youngster was present for almost an hour, and allegedly interacted with up to 20 aircraft during this period of time. This had serious consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Air traffic controllers in Bogota suspended after a teenage boy was found giving clearances to aircraft, including a Wamos Air A330, in the control tower for nearly an hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1832,396,475,2772,2771,8324,241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-traffic-control","category-aircraft","category-airports","category-bogota","category-colombia","category-latin-america","category-south-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t