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Airline close calls happen more often than previously known, records show
- A Times investigation reveals an alarming pattern of safety lapses and near misses in the US aviation industry, with close calls occurring multiple times a week on average this year. These incidents, often the result of human error and exacerbated by a nationwide staffing shortage of air traffic controllers, involve major airlines across the country.
- While there have been no major US plane crashes in over a decade, the number of near collisions involving commercial airlines has doubled in the past decade, according to a NASA database. These close calls, which often go unreported to the public, raise concerns among pilots and air traffic controllers that a deadly crash is imminent.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right1Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution70% Left
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