Quick thinking air traffic controller caught mistake and prevented possible 'disastrous' incident in Phoenix

In a statement to PEOPLE, the FAA confirmed it is investigating the event involving two American Airlines planes using the ...

Expert explains how jets avoided disaster over Phoenix

Two American Airlines flights shared a call sign and controller. A veteran aviator explains the risk and why it was not a ...

Air traffic controller saves day when 2 jets with same call number converge

An air traffic controller's quick thinking helped avert a dangerous situation when two jets, one landing in Phoenix and the ...
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Controller Keeps American Jets with Identical Call Signs from Potential Accident

One flight was arriving from Chicago O'Hare, while the other was departing for O'Hare.

American Airlines blasted over blunder that ‘could have caused two of its planes to COLLIDE’ mid-air

TWO aircraft narrowly avoided a mid-air collision after a serious American Airlines blunder. Over the skies of Phoenix, ...