Lalit K Jha
Washington, Apr 21 (PTI) US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today said that two air traffic controllers have been fired following investigation into an incident in which First Lady Michelle Obama's plane had to abort landing as it was flying too close to a military aircraft.
"We have fired two controllers after completing two investigations," LaHood told PBS News Hour in an interview.
"We're also changing procedures have having to do with the vice president and first lady's plane when they're flying in and out of Washington airspace," he said.
Earlier in the day, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that it has opened an investigation into an air traffic control incident on Monday in which the airplane carrying First Lady aborted a landing attempt at Andrews Air Force Base after an air traffic controller had sequenced it too close to another military plane.