It has also ordered an internal inquiry into air-traffic control.

ECONOMIST: A jam at 32,000 feet

Europe also has controller-pilot text messaging in use at two air-traffic control centers, and should have its system fully implemented by 2015.

WSJ: Texting While Flying: Help for Pilots

But people who listen to pirate radio tend not to be concerned about the problem - which can also affect radio communications by emergency services and air traffic control.

BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Music fans 'turn to pirate radio'

The AAIB stated the works on the runway were also not easily visible to the crew at the start of take-off and the captain said that air traffic control provided no additional warnings.

BBC: Essex

We could transform America right now, rebuilding our roads and our bridges and our airports and also rebuilding a new infrastructure for the 21st century -- high-speed rail and a new generation of air traffic control that could actually save 15 percent of fuel costs and as a consequence reduce global warming.

WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at a DNC Event in Washington, DC