Plane was heading for Air Canada flight and mountain: ABC7
Taiwan News
Date: 2016/12/20
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – An error by an air traffic controller in California sent an EVA
(By Central News Agency)
Airways jet which had just taken off from Los Angeles International Airport into the flight path of another plane and low above a mountain range, reports said Tuesday.
The incident happened during a serious rain storm just after 1:20 a.m. last Friday local time, according to news site ABC7.
An air traffic controller based in San Diego told the Taoyuan-bound Boeing 777 to turn left instead of right, the report said. As a result, the aircraft moved toward the flight path of an Air Canada plane that had also just taken off. It also approached Mount Wilson, a 5,700-foot peak above the town of Altadena in the San Gabriel Valley, the report said. [FULL STORY]
