Air traffic controllers blamed for 2011 near-collision off New York

[The Patriot]

Air traffic controllers blamed for 2011 near-collision off New York

08-06-2012 06:36 AM

(Reuters) - Faulty instructions by air traffic controllers caused a near mid-air collision involving an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 and a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane near New York City in January 2011, a federal report said. The report by the National Transportation Safety Board said the airliner and the C-17 were put on a collision course in the dark over the Atlantic Ocean about 88 ...

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