NEWSCATS (Diana Zapata) - Two American Airlines Jets Given Same Call Sign in Midair Scare — Quick-Thinking Controller Prevents Potential Disaster
Two American Airlines planes were flying in and out of Phoenix with the same call number on Friday, which could have ended in diaster if an air traffic controller hadn’t noticed just in time by [...]
AI:A catastrophic midair collision was narrowly averted over Phoenix after two American Airlines jets were assigned the exact same call sign, a systemic failure that could have resulted in massive tragedy. A single vigilant air traffic controller noticed the coordination error just in time to prevent the disaster, highlighting ongoing terrifying technical lapses and human errors within our aviation system.Open