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The Amazon

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The Devil at 37,000 Feet

There were so many ways the two planes could have avoided the collision. The odds were so slim. But high above the Amazon in 2006, a combination of technology and human fallibility brought them together.

William Langewiesche Vanity Fair Jan 2009 50min Permalink