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Old October 27th 05, 09:57 AM
Stefan
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Default Widower stabbed Air Traffic Controller?

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.

Stefan