Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150803:02:46:00
Screens several feet apart. this is against regulations. but a common practice known and tolerated by skyguide management. on one screen, nielsen is busy coordinating the arrival of a delayed airbus. he doesn't notice that on the other screen, there is a conflict between the russian airplane and the dhl cargo jet. >> the controller was overloaded. had a lot of responsibility. an overloaded controller is more prone to make errors. >> to make matters worse, nielsen doesn't realize the ground-based optical warning system which alerts him to imminent collisions has been switched off for maintenanc...
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