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June 17, 2014 01:46 am GMT
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FAA Will Investigate Air-Traffic Controller's Joke That Diverted Plane
The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate a remark made by an air-traffic controller that diverted a Delta flight, the agency announced Monday.
Flight 630 was approaching a runway at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson airport last week, when a controller told the pilot to circle the airport before landing, the FAA said in a statement to
"An air-traffic controller instructed the pilot to make a missed approach, then quickly canceled that clearance and re-cleared him to land," according to the statement.
In an audio recording, the controller says, "630, go around," an instruction to the pilot that the plane cannot attempt a landing on the current approach. Read more...
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