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Japan Airlines Flight 907 and 958

Japan Airlines Flight 907 and 958

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Two jumbo jets filled with passengers came within seconds and mere feet of colliding over Japan in a high-stakes aerial game of chicken. Join Alice and Zach as they explore the harrowing near-miss that almost became one of aviation's deadliest disasters. On January 31, 2001, a Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 carrying nearly 700 people found themselves on a collision course when conflicting instructions from air traffic control and automated safety systems created an impossible dilemma for pilots. Discover how split-second decisions averted catastrophe and how this terrifying incident fundamentally changed aviation safety protocols worldwide.

Sources:
  • SimpleFlying.com article: https://simpleflying.com/japan-airlines-mid-air-incident/
  • Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Japan_Airlines_mid-air_incident


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Final Boarding Call is hosted by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas, researched and written by Alice Stern, produced and edited by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas.

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