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Old 8th Jul 2002, 09:31
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From Radio Denmark newssite

In keeping with the rules of this site I shall refrain from pasting direct quotes. Since it's in Danish anyway I guess only a few here would be able to read it. Anyway, according to the www.dr.dk news site, a Danish controller, who was alone in the ATC centre at the time of the accident, has been hospitalized with a nervous breakdown.

Also according to the news site, and this part is most likely journalistic guesswork, the controller was so caught up in getting a line through to Friedrichshafen that he "forgot" about either the Tupolev or the Boeing, or even both.

The Danish controller was on duty with a Swiss collegue, who at the time was taking a break.

I feel for the guy, even if an investigation should come to the conclusion that ATC errors was a major component of the events leading to the accident.
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