Close Encounter Blamed on Controllers and Airline Crew
British safety investigators said that a near miss between a Gulfstream and a Boeing 747 near London in July 1997 was caused by the airline pilot's failure to properly report his aircraft speed to controllers, according to an Associated Press account. Further, controllers did not notice the 747 had...
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