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xeonmc 4 hours ago

> I just hope they don't try to pin this on the controller who was on duty and move on without putting plans in place for some sort of structural change.

I am reminded of the Uberlingen disaster:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_c...

garaetjjte 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Los_Angeles_runway_collis... is more applicable.

	▲	rectang 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		In both cases, the controller's fate was grim. Peter Nielsen (Überlingen) was murdered by a relative of a crash victim. Robin Lee Wascher (LA), whose own parents had died in an earlier air crash, was crucified in the media and never worked as a controller again. Both precedents are applicable, because the Laguardia controller is also going to be savaged.
	▲	onefiftymike 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Admiral Cloudberg has a great writeup about this. I instantly thought of LA when I saw the headlines about the LaGuardia collision. https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/cleared-to-collide-the-c...