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Pilot Fatigue Woven Through Circumstances of FedEx Crash

Steve Scott

Monday, June 14th, 2004

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Safety board calls for improved color vision tests and pilot screening Fatigue can defeat pilots' proven performance records, progressive company policies and proven procedures. The object lesson comes from the July 26, 2002, collision with trees on final approach of a Federal Express (FedEx) B727 cargo jet at Tallahassee, Fla. The three pilots survived the crash, but their airplane was destroyed. The fatigue factor was woven throughout the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) final hearing on the case last week.…

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