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Hudson crash air traffic controllers suspended

Aug. 13, 2009
The FAA has suspended two air traffic controllers over Saturday's collision of a helicopter and small plane over the Hudson River that killed nine people, a spokeswoman said. The controller handling the flight of a Piper PA-32 "was ... on the telephone at the time of the accident,"...
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