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Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pi... by ceejayoz on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:52AM (#9458224)
> If every plane in the air does this simultaneously, you'll overload ATC and probably get someone killed.

We've already had a test run for this, and it worked fine. 9/11 involved exactly that scenario - every flight in or heading to the US had to make for the nearest airport and land immediately.

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Re:Some American Airlines planes are grounded because the pi... by scott00 on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @10:02AM (#9458282)
But those planes all had access to their charts and weren't reliant on ATC for navigation.
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