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Air traffic controller removed after second near miss
« on: March 10, 2012, 12:27:16 AM »
Air traffic controller removed after second near miss

Shortly after beginning the 7 p.m. work shift at the FAA radar facility at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport in Mississippi on Feb. 29, controller Robert Beck ordered an Air Force C-130 transport jet to increase its altitude from 2,000 feet to 3,000 feet and to adjust its heading. That put the jet on a converging course with a twin-engine turboprop owned by the Department of Homeland Security, according to an FAA employee with knowledge of the incident.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46686286/ns/travel-news/
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