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Fatal Words : Communication Clashes and Aircraft Crashes
Fatal Words Communication Clashes and Aircraft Crashes
Author: Steven Cushing
On March 27, 1977, 583 people died when KLM and Pan Am 747s collided on a crowded, foggy runway in Tenerife, the Canary Islands. The cause, a miscommunication between the pilot and the air traffic controller. The pilot radioed, "We are now at takeoff," meaning that the plane was lifting off, but the tower controller misunderstood and thought the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226132006
ISBN-10: 0226132005
Publication Date: 3/4/1994
Pages: 176
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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