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Phoenix air traffic controller saves day when 2 American Airlines flights with same call number converge: "Pretty incredible"

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What happened

Phoenix air traffic controller saves day when 2 American Airlines flights with same call number converge: "Pretty incredible".

Links

Sarah Ploss · CBS News · 16m ago Phoenix air traffic controller saves day when 2 American Airlines flights with same call number converge: "Pretty incredible" Josh Funk, Associated Press · PBS NewsHour · 2h ago Quick-thinking controller helps 2 planes with same flight number avoid possible disaster

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2 sources are pushing it: CBS News and PBS NewsHour.

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rising state Aug 14, 2026, 10:50 PM first signal Aug 15, 2026, 12:51 AM latest evidence

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