Take to the Sky Episode 105: The Mato Grosso Midair Collision

September 29, 2006 was supposed to be a celebratory flight for
the 2 flight crew and 5 passengers onboard an ExcelAire private
Legacy 600 business jet. But everything changed in a moment when
the plane suffers serious damage, and it soon emerges that this
jet may have collided with a Boeing 737 Gol passenger jet
carrying 154 people. Join Shelly in this episode of Take to the
Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as shares the heartbreaking tale of
two planes on a collision course with disaster, and the
controversial investigation that led to an aviation crisis across
Brazil and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the country’s air
traffic control system.





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