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Potential disaster averted after jets share identical flight number

A potential mid-air collision was averted in the US after a Phoenix air traffic controller recognised that two American Airlines planes were mistakenly flying under the same number, and acted quickly to keep them apart.

Potential disaster averted after jets share identical flight number

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