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Air Crash Investigation
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Air Crash Investigation S8E4: Cleared for Disaster

  • Aired: 2010-09-29
  • Time: 22:00:00
  • Runtime: 60 minutes
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Overview

On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collided with the waiting Skywest Airlines Flight 5569 on the runway, killing 34 people. An Air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to a runway where the Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.