A BUSTED ALTITUDE IS CITED IN WORST MIDAIR TO DATE
A Kazakastan Airlines Ilyushin 76 on approach to India's New Dehli Airport was nearly 1,000 feet below its assigned altitude when it collided with a departing Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 in November 1996, according to investigators. The accident was fatal to all 349 persons aboard the two...
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