Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
An air traffic controller near Phoenix managed two American Airlines aircraft operating under the identical callsign AA2482 as they converged on the same frequency and approached one another with only a couple thousand feet of vertical separation. The controller’s calm intervention prevented a potentially disastrous outcome.
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An air traffic controller near Phoenix managed two American Airlines aircraft operating under the identical callsign AA2482 as they converged on the same frequency and approached one another with only a couple thousand feet of vertical separation. The controller’s calm intervention prevented a potentially disastrous outcome.
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