Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)
Run Time: 46 mins
Air Date: Wed, 29 Sept 2010
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.7 (3 votes)
5 Discovery Sky History National Geographic Channel National GeographicSeason 9 - Episode 4
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.7 (3)
On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collides with a waiting SkyWest Airlines aircraft on the runway, killing 34 people. An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to land on a runway where SkyWest Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.