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Thursday, January 04, 2007

Navy air controller 'did not warn' Iraq collision-path pilots
An inquest into the mid-air collision of two British Sea King helicopters shortly after the invasion of Iraq revealed that a Royal Navy air traffic controller did not warn the pilots because he thought they could see each other.

The radar on HMS Ark Royal also often showed aircraft to be closer than they really were.

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