[Redcitizen]

Here's the view of the ATC's radar screen.

[Louis Foxwell]

Federal regulations require planes to be at least three miles away from another object laterally or 2,000 feet above mountains. FAA officials said the EVA never lost the required distance to the other jetliner to be in danger of a plane-to-plane collision, but the agency is investigating whether it did come too close to the mountains.

The airplane did, however, come too close to an incompetent air traffic controller.

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

In busy airspace, pilots must maintain their own SA. The pilots are responsible for their own aircraft and where they fly. I learned that the hard way as a young Captain flying my single-pilot fighter into NAS Brooklyn. The controller gave me a vector when I was at 800 feet and then forgot me. I called on Guard when I found myself cruising over Manhattan at 800 feet. The base CO met me on arrival at Floyd Bennrtet. I was vindicated when they played back the tapes.

Aviation, Navigate, Communicate. That’s always been the order in all flying.

TV

[UCANSEE2]

The FAA fired all the 'white men' and used the AA hiring method. This is not an isolated incident. Here on FR there is another thread about the ATC's at Boise Airport falling asleep, giving incorrect info to pilots (as in this case) and the smell of pot in the AT Control Tower.

Police: Air traffic controller was sleeping while pilots' calls went unanswered [ BOISE]

[Moonman62]

Flight path in case anybody wants to see the loop they made. Zoom in on LAX.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/EVA15/history/20161216/0730Z/KLAX/RCTP

[Rome2000]

Gee, I wonder what her race and qualifications are?

[smokingfrog]

Sum Ting Wong..

[Churchillspirit]

ATCs are like umpires and referees. They get noticed when they make mistakes.

Except of course the consequences are much different.

[Crucial]

What’s amazing is that this doesn’t happen more often.

[stockpirate]

Is the controller a muslim?