ARCHIVED · 3 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 2 RIGHT · Aug 15, 1:56 AM
ABC News - Business reaches for "disaster"; Las Vegas Review-Journal for "disaster".
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6 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence
Different Spin. The left frames it as "Quick-thinking controller helps 2 planes with same flight number avoid possible disaster". The right frames it as "Flight disaster averted after two jets with SAME flight number spared from almost-certain...".
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Aug 14, 9:28 PM: WCNC Charlotte (Tegna) joined the source map.
Aug 14, 9:48 PM: Las Vegas Review-Journal joined the source map.
Aug 14, 10:50 PM: PBS NewsHour joined the source map.
Aug 14, 11:55 PM: ABC News - Business joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 36/99 and story health is stable · 7 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.
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A potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid...
The near miss happened when a pair of American Airlines planes under the same call call sign and on the same frequency spoke with the controller as one arrived into Phoenix and another was...
Audio of the incident shows how he found a solution to ensure the American Airlines jets maintained proper separation as one arrived from Chicago shortly after the other had taken off in Ph...
Potential disaster was averted when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid confusion...
A potential disaster was averted Friday when a Phoenix air traffic controller recognized two American Airlines jets mistakenly were flying the same flight number and acted quickly to avoid...
Both flights called American 2482 were in Phoenix airspace at the same time on Friday.