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FAA says technology will help avoid some dangerous landings

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they have completed outfitting 43 major U.S. airports with technology to warn air traffic controllers when incoming planes are aimed at a taxiway instead of a runway. Safety experts called for the new technology after a near disaster in 2017 at San Francisco International Airport. In that case, an Air Canada jet nearly crashed into four planes lined up on a taxiway at night. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that the technology has been installed at all 43 U.S. airports with ground-radar systems to support it.

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