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Old October 27th 05, 08:48 PM
Steven P. McNicoll
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Default Widower stabbed Air Traffic Controller?


"Stefan" wrote in message
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The accident was the midair of 1 July 2002 near the Swiss/German border.
You'll find the investigation report he
http://www.bfu-web.de/berichte/02_ax001efr.pdf

The man you mentioned has lost his whole family (wife and two children) in
the accident. He searched, found and killed the controller who worked that
night a couple of months later.

The reason why you've heared this now is because the murder trial was this
week.

The tragic thing (besides the accident with many victims, of course) is,
that just about everybody made mistakes, except maybe the controller. The
controller was given a task he just couldn't accomplish. (You'll find the
details in the very detailed report, certainly worth reading.) Another
tragic thing is that probably the man wouldn't have run havoc if Skyguide
(the air control agency involved) would have publicly apologised to the
families. But the managers refused to do so, because they feared that
apologizing would imply liability.


The controller hadn't made a mistake? He failed to maintain minimum
required separation between two aircraft for which he had responsibility for
separation. How is that not a mistake?