[Tall_Texan]

FWIW, I think there are several who are culpable. I frankly think too many folks were not fully awake to catch the obvious error - both in the cockpit and in the tower.

There are so many checks and double-checks that you wonder how it is even possible.

I knew I had a good reason for avoiding those 6 a.m. flights they always try to push your toward on these discount sites. Truth is, I just don't want to get up that early. Heck, with all the passenger screening now, you've got to wake up the night before just to catch a 6 a.m. flight.

[DustyMoment]

FWIW, I think there are several who are culpable.

I agree. I just hate to see people automatically go for the flight crew. While they have the responsibility and obligation to check and double-check each other, commercial flying is a team effort. It takes the ATCs and the flight crews working together to make flying safe and successful. When that teamwork breaks down, as it did in this crash, people get hurt or die.