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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of an outage that interfered with communication between pilots and its air traffic control center in Longmont earlier this week.

Denver ATC communication loss affects several pilots, sparking FAA investigation. The incident highlights ongoing air traffic control system issues and modernization needs.