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Feds defend controllers in jetliner crash
Federal officials defended regional air traffic controllers who did not explicitly warn that Avianca Flight 52 was low on fuel before it crashed near Cove Neck Long Island killing 73 of 159 aboard. The cockpit crew reported fuel shortage 45 minutes earlier but did not stress severity. investigators consider pilot may have swapped priority and emergency words.
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Melville
N.Y
Federal Aviation Administration
Fred Farrar
National Transportation Safety Board
Kennedy International Airport
Kennedy
Long Island
Cove Neck
FAA
Avianca
NTSB
National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Controllers Association
R. Steve Bell
Barry Krasner
New Jersey
Regional Control Center
Control Center