FedEx Loses One to Tallahassee's Black Hole Fatigue, color vision deficiencies and an unstabilized approach push the safety tolerances way out of the green zone.

WE KNOW THAT MOST accidents occur when tolerances line up unidirectionally. Sometimes, the tolerances are way out of the box, while at other times the unidirectional shift is very subtle. Such is the case of FedEx Flight 1478, which struck trees on short final approach and crashed short of Runway 9...

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