The control tower at Reagan National Airport went silent Wednesday, forcing the crews of two planes carrying 165 passengers total to land without any help. The two planes were communicating with controllers at a separate facility in the region that doesn’t handle landings, but the pilots of both planes had to take matters into their own hands. The incident is the second time in two years the control tower at Reagan National has gone silent for a period of time.
An investigation into the incident is underway, but there is still no version, what caused the silence from the tower. Shortly after the incident, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood ordered inspection of all airports in the country. He also ordered to have two, instead of a one, traffic controllers on duty at the control tower of the Reagan National Airport between midnight and 6 a.m.
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