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Air traffic control errors and runway incursions rise
Government watchdog report shows controller mistakes near radar facilities nearly doubled over three years ending in March. Runway incursions at towers climbed from 11 to 18 incidents per million takeoffs and landings from 2004 to 2010. The Tenerife disaster of March 27, 1977, is cited as aviation history’s deadliest runway accident.
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Ment Watchdog
Government Accountability Office
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