Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)

On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collides with a waiting SkyWest Airlines aircraft on the runway, killing 34 people. An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to land on a runway where SkyWest Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.

Writing:
  • Bernard Vaillot
  • André Barro

Stars:
Release Date: 2003-09-03
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
TMDb: 8.2/10
  • Country: CA
  • Language: Pусский | Deutsch | 日本語 | Français | English | Español
  • Runtime: 46

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