Two airliners nearly collided over Ben-Gurion International airport.
Initial inquiries suggest an air traffic controller was responsible for the near-miss Friday morning, authorities told Israel’s daily Ha’aretz.
The controller apparently gave an Israir Airlines jet permission to land without accounting for a Turkish Airlines jet that already was approaching at an unsafe distance.
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