EVENTS LEADING TO GERMAN MIDAIR REVEAL COMPLEX SCENARIO

The collision warning system on the Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev TU-154 jet involved in the July 1 midair collision over Germany instructed the plane to pull up to avoid a fast-closing DHL 757 at the same altitude, but the crew heeded a nearly simultaneous ATC instruction to descend, putting the...

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