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Plane? well, i think to start, thomas, one of the things that we have to remember was that with the first lady, the two controllers in the air traffic control tower are the ones that really called the abort to the pilot pooi pilots, telling them to go around because the spacing was inadequate. it really was a planning issue on the part of the approach controller during the handoff. so that s a very complex system, it s a very complex discussion. but what it was was just a poor planning error. it wasn t related to fatigue, it wasn t related to any kind of diversion of attention. but it was a planning error. and the two controllers in the tower saw this planning error, knew that they weren t going to have enough separation, and in the interest of safety decided to call the abort, have the pilots go around and get the separation from that c-17 cargo plane. that was a prudent decision on their part, but a planning error on the handoff controller. that s what the faa will be investiga ....

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