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Two planes nearly collided at Austin’s airport last year. An air traffic controller’s ‘error’ was to blame, NTSB chair says

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A FedEx cargo plane trying to land and a Southwest Airlines jet trying to take off nearly collided on an airport runway last year because of an air traffic controller’s reliance on faulty assumptions amid heavy fog, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said in a hearing Thursday.

​ A FedEx cargo plane trying to land and a Southwest Airlines jet trying to take off nearly collided on an airport runway last year because of an air traffic controller’s reliance on faulty assumptions amid heavy fog, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said in a hearing Thursday. Read More Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN 

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