Air Crash Investigation - S09E04 Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493/Skywest Airlines Flight 556

National Geographic, Cineflix Productions

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Title: Air Crash Investigation - S09E04 Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493/Skywest Airlines Flight 556
Producer: National Geographic, Cineflix Productions
Category: Mystery, Air Crash Investigation (Mayday)
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Added: Nov 22nd 2011
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On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collided with the waiting SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569 on the runway, killing 34 people. An Air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to a runway where Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.

Type of aircraft: USAir Flight 1493: Boeing 737-3B7, SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569: Fairchild Metro III.
Cause of disaster: Runway incursion resulting from ATC error. 

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