Air traffic controller's slip of the tongue nearly caused plane crash in 2020

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Air traffic controller's slip of the tongue nearly caused plane crash in 2020
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2 planes came within feet of crashing into each other in July 2020 after a 'slip' of the tongue by an air traffic controller at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, according to a new report.

Eric Feferberg / AFP via Getty Images fileTwo planes came within feet of crashing into each other in July 2020 after a"slip" of the tongue by an air traffic controller atAn incoming plane from Newark, New Jersey, was told to land on a runway where another aircraft was taking off, France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety concluded in aBoeing 787 was preparing to land as the EasyJet Airbus A320 was getting ready to take off en route to Malaga, Spain, the...

Upon noticing that the United Airlines plane appeared to be heading toward them, the EasyJet crew alerted the controller and asked why the other flight was maneuvering to 09R.

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