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ATC Mistakes Sent 777 Towards California Mountain, NTSB Finds

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WASHINGTON—An air traffic controller’s errant instruction to turn left instead of right towards an assigned heading during a rare departure pattern out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) led an EVA Air Boeing 777 to within hundreds of feet of a mountain peak topped with large antennas, an NTSB investigation found. (aviationweek.com) More...

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frank1711
frank1711 3
The final NTSB report was issued recently. Hence the story.
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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 1
That incident happened several years ago and was discussed here at length at the time.
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williambaker08
william baker 1
Ya well not everyone knew that lol.
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btweston
btweston 1
Thanks dad.
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