Near Crash At Frankfurt Airport Raises Controller Staffing Question

German ATC provider DFS has suspended controllers from duty following a near crash at Frankfurt Airport on July 17. DFS says an internal investigation revealed that only one controller was supervising departures at the time of the event when it should have been two. The incident happened at 2 a.m...

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