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Eastern Airlines Flight 853, a Lockheed Constellation cruising at 10,000 feet, and TWA Flight 42, a Boeing 707 descending with 51 passengers and crew aboard, were both estimated to cross the Carmel VOR navigational fix at the same moment — 16:18 — on the afternoon of the collision. The 707's crew, c
The chain of errors that destroyed American Airlines Flight 965 near Cali, Colombia, began with a single misread radio clearance. When the Cali approach controller cleared the crew to proceed via the ROZO 1 Standard Terminal Arrival Route — instructing them to report passing the TULUA VOR — the capt
The first officer who crashed Germanwings Flight 9525 into the French Alps had cleared one of aviation's most competitive entry processes, gaining admission to the Lufthansa Flight Academy — which accepts roughly 5% of applicants — after exhaustive psychological and aptitude evaluations. He had work