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The Vigilante and the Air Traffic Controller
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Crash Course of Flights 907 and 958
Flight 907 and Flight 958 were on a collision course when their flight paths intersected. A 26-year-old trainee air traffic controller had issued an instruction of his own. He meant to say 957 but confused her numbers, so the pilot decided to descend. Japan's Ministry of Transport asks its Accidents Investigation Commission to look into what might be done to lower the risk that it happens again. The report is almost ready to be published.
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