Los Angeles runway disaster
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los-angeles-runway-disaster-208-4901914
title:
Los Angeles runway disaster
text:
On the evening of February 1, 1991, USAir Flight 1493, a Boeing 737-300, collided with SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner turboprop aircraft, upon landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). As Flight 1493 was on final approach, the local controller was distracted, though air traffic was not heavy at LAX, by a series of abnormalities, including a misplaced flight progress strip and an aircraft that had inadvertently switched off the tower frequency. The SkyWe
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description:
1991 runway collision between two airplanes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_runway_disaster
date created:
2004-12-14T21:41:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T07:40:34Z
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