First lady's jet drama blamed on wrong info
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April 24, 2011, Sunday
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AIR traffic controllers mistakenly told the pilot of a plane carrying US first lady Michelle Obama this week he was further away from a nearby military cargo jet than he actually was, according to a report issued on Friday.
The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report provided new details on last Monday's incident near Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. The incident led to more criticism of US air traffic controllers following disclosures in recent weeks that several had fallen asleep on the job.
Air traffic controllers at the Maryland base told the pilot of the government Boeing 737 carrying the first lady he was 6.4 kilometers from a giant Air Force C-17 cargo when he was in fact 4.8km away, the NTSB report found.
The report said the controllers then instructed the pilot of the first lady's plane to do a maneuver that actually brought the Boeing 737 closer to the C-17, not further away from it. The report said the first lady's plane came as close as 4.7km to the cargo plane, slightly closer than the 4.8km previously acknowledged.
The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report provided new details on last Monday's incident near Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. The incident led to more criticism of US air traffic controllers following disclosures in recent weeks that several had fallen asleep on the job.
Air traffic controllers at the Maryland base told the pilot of the government Boeing 737 carrying the first lady he was 6.4 kilometers from a giant Air Force C-17 cargo when he was in fact 4.8km away, the NTSB report found.
The report said the controllers then instructed the pilot of the first lady's plane to do a maneuver that actually brought the Boeing 737 closer to the C-17, not further away from it. The report said the first lady's plane came as close as 4.7km to the cargo plane, slightly closer than the 4.8km previously acknowledged.
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