ATC Error

ATC ERROR As planes fly faster and higher, it becomes harder for controllers to track their movements. Today only controllers have an accurate picture of air traffic. They use this information to guide pilots around potential problems. The pilots themselves have no way to independently confirm where they are in relation to all other flights. They must rely on controllers to tell them. Labor Day weekend, 1986. Approach controller Walter White guides Aeromexico flight 498 in for a landing at Los Angeles