FAA suspends controller who directed 737 pilots to check nonresponsive Cirrus's cockpit

US National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating a March 27 incident involving a Southwest Airlines 737 headed for Orlando "that was requested to veer off course by Air Traffic Control to view into the cockpit of a general aviation airplane that had been out of radio communication."...

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