A White House plane carrying Michelle Obama came dangerously close to a 200-ton military cargo jet and had to abort its landing at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday as the result of an air traffic controller’s mistake, according to federal officials familiar with the incident.
First one sleeping air traffic controller, then a few, now this.
Makes you feel safe in the skies, doesn't it? If the First Lady isn't safe, how would we be?
I wonder how long it took until this person was summarily fired? Minutes?
Links: http://link.email.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/04/19/135551528/report-plane-carrying-first-lady-in-near-miss-at-andrews-airforce-base?ft=1&f=1001
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110419/ap_on_re_us/us_air_controller_movie
Update: But wait! There's more! Much more!
New incident deepens FAA embarrassment
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