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Planes Nearly Collide Over Pittsburgh

Evasive maneuvers prevent mid-air crash after air-traffic trainee errs

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 6, 2008 9:03 AM CST

(Newser) – A quick nosedive by a Delta pilot narrowly averted a mid-air collision of two passenger planes over Pittsburgh this morning, after an air traffic control trainee told a Delta pilot to turn into another jet’s path. The planes, carrying 120 passengers between them, missed...   Read full story »

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