The controller was found at fault during the post incident investigations.
To: MarshallDillon
Taking retribution to an entirely new level.
2 posted on
10/25/2005 4:58:49 PM PDT by
samadams2000
(Nothing fills the void of a passing hurricane better than government)
To: MarshallDillon
stabbing the Dane to death in front of his wife and three children ... Awful!
He would have been better off if he had learned to forgive.
3 posted on
10/25/2005 5:04:51 PM PDT by
BlackVeil
To: MarshallDillon
Can't find it within me to condemn this guy. If it was my wife and kids, I can't say I wouldn't do exactly the same thing.
4 posted on
10/25/2005 5:16:56 PM PDT by
Dreagon
To: MarshallDillon
Wow. I totally missed this story.
6 posted on
10/25/2005 5:31:22 PM PDT by
LenS
To: MarshallDillon
This event was the subject of a program on cable. The discovery channel I think. Maybe "Seconds From Disaster"
7 posted on
10/25/2005 5:36:10 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: MarshallDillon
If I remember the details correctly ... the controller had stepped away (unauthorized) from his radar screen and when he returned the two aircraft were on a collision heading. This occurred in the early AM hours when traffic was light and the controller, apparently left the screen to get coffee.
9 posted on
10/25/2005 6:15:23 PM PDT by
BluH2o
To: MarshallDillon
He is charged with the premeditated killing of Peter Nielsen, the only air traffic controller on duty at the time. Under Swiss law this charge ranks between murder and manslaughter and carries a maximum sentence of 20 years.If 'premeditated killing' doesn't qualify, what does it take to rise to the level of 'murder'?
10 posted on
10/25/2005 7:32:11 PM PDT by
ApplegateRanch
(Mohamophages of the world, unite!)
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