Air Crash Investigation S8E4: Cleared for Disaster
- Aired: 2010-09-29
- Time: 22:00:00
- Runtime: 60 minutes
Overview
On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collided with the waiting Skywest Airlines Flight 5569 on the runway, killing 34 people. An Air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to a runway where the Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.