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When Safety Systems Slept: The Deadly George Inlet Midair Collision
When Safety Systems Slept: The Deadly George Inlet Midair Collision
A pristine Alaskan sky hid three bent propeller blades and six dead after two sightseeing seaplanes collided above George Inlet on May 13, 2019 - and the collision happened while a critical safety device on one aircraft had been switched off for 14 days. How did cockpit geometry, converging speeds and a switched-off collision-avoidance system conspire to leave two experienced pilots blind to each other until it was too late?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events leading up to the midair collision, outline the…
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