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USA: a case of airprox between a 737 and two F/A-18s

Washington, USA - A flight controller proved to be responsible for it so that he is subjected to suspension and integrative training

A reproach a suspension and an integrative training course were the price to pay for an error made by a US flight controller, who would have proven responsible last month for a case of in-flight airprox between a Southwest Airlines’ 737 civil airplane and two US Navy’s F/A-18C Hornet medium-light multirole fighters. Combat aircraft and commercial plane would have been quite close, even around 800 m f...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 133052
Rome, Italy, 12/15/2005 12:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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