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Air traffic control centers using new system to help determine safe flight paths.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
OLATHE, Kan. _ Becky Scudder scanned the list of 26 planes she was monitoring as they cruised over central Illinois, and noticed two might be on a collision course.
Scudder, an air traffic controller in Olathe, pulled the two flight paths up on a monitor. She adjusted the path of a private jet, but the computer, using red lines for the intended flight paths, showed that the planes still could crash. After a few more failed attempts, she tried to send the private jet farther north. The red flight paths on her computer screen turned green, indicating the flight path was safe.
Actually, there was no private jet, no potential collision. Scudder was part of a ...
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