High-tech air-traffic plan tested
Satellite-based navigation system aims to quiet skies
Posted: September 21, 2009 at 3:37 a.m.
Alaska Airlines Capt. Mike Adams and co-pilot Oscar Vela prepare for a test flight using a new satellite-based navigation system in August.
On a clear mid-August night about 3 a.m., an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 heading to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport took a radical turn.
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Business, Pages 21, 24 on 09/21/2009
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