Air Traffic Control (ATC) Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/air-traffic-control-atc/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg Air Traffic Control (ATC) Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/air-traffic-control-atc/ 32 32 349 Died When a Saudi Boeing 747 and Kazakhstan Il-76 Collided in India’s Worst Plane Crash https://aviospace.org/worst-plane-crash-india-chakri-dadri/ https://aviospace.org/worst-plane-crash-india-chakri-dadri/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:42:11 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=8498 On November 12, 1996, at 3:55 PM, a chartered Kazakhstan Airlines aircraft (an Ilyushin Il-76) took off from Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to New Delhi. At the same time, at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, a Saudi Airlines Boeing 747 with 312 people on board (passengers and crew combined) was preparing for takeoff.  Air Traffic Controller VK […]

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