‘They Came Within 400 Feet Over Phoenix’: How Delta And United Pilots Averted Disaster After ATC Error
On Saturday morning, Delta Air Lines flight 1070 from Detroit and United Airlines flight 1724 from San Francisco came perilously close to colliding above Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Despite bad air traffic control instructions, the aircrafts’ onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) alerted the pilots in time, preventing what could have been a catastrophic accident. Continue reading ‘They Came Within 400 Feet Over Phoenix’: How Delta And United Pilots Averted Disaster After ATC Error...
On Saturday morning, Delta Air Lines flight 1070 from Detroit and United Airlines flight 1724 from San Francisco came perilously close to colliding above Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Despite bad air traffic control instructions, the aircrafts’ onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) alerted the pilots in time, preventing what could have been a catastrophic accident.
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