Air Traffic Control Errors
6/13/1947	Leesburg, Virginia	Pennsylvania AL	A contributing cause was the faulty clearance given by ATC.
05/22/1948	Khabarovsk, Russia	Aeroflot	ATC error.
11/01/1949	Arlington, Virginia	Eastern Air Lines	ATC error.
10/05/1952	Skvoritsy, Russia	Aeroflot	Midair collision with a TC-62 aircraft. ATC error.
04/14/1958	Castel de Fels, Spain	Aviaco	Another aircraft was permitted to takeoff without knowing the exact position of the plane.
07/21/1961	Shemya, Alaska	Alaska AL	Lack of guidance from air traffic controller during last stages of flight.
02/08/1965	New York, New York	Eastern AL	Placement of the two aircraft on a near head on course causing one to crash.
03/09/1967	Urbana, Ohio	Trans World Airlines	ATC systems inadequate to separate controlled and uncontrolled traffic.
03/05/1969	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Prinair	A trainee vectored the aircraft into mountainous terrain under IFR conditions.
09/09/1969	Fairland, Indiana	Allegheny AL	Inadequate VFR separation and deficiencies in the ATC system
02/06/1970	Samarkand, USSR	Aeroflot	Misidentification of aircraft by the ATC causing the plane to impact a mountain.
09/17/1971	Balkan Bulgarian AL	Rila mountain, Bulgaria	The ATC confused the aircraft with another Turkish aircraft.
12/04/1971	Raleigh, North Carolina	Eastern AL	Inadequacy of ATC facilities and services in the terminal area.
01/04/1972	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Balkan Bulgarian AL	While on approach, the aircraft flew into a mountain. ATC error.
05/04/1972	Bratsk, Russia	Aeroflot	ATC error. Current weather was not passed on to the plane.
12/20/1972	Chicago, Illinois	Delta/North Central	The ATC gave ambiguous instructions to the crew.
07/31/1973	Boston, Massachusetts	Delta Air Lines	Poor positioning of the aircraft for an approach by ATC.
12/01/1974	Berryville, Virginia	Trans World Airlines	Lack of clarity in ATC procedures.
03/20/1975	Quilcene, Washington	U.S. Air Force	Faulty clearance by the ATC after misidentifying the C-141 as another aircraft.
12/04/1974	Irkutsk, Russia	Aeroflot	ATC error, negligence in operations. Midair collision.
09/09/1976	Adler, Russia	Aeroflot / Aeroflot	Violation of separation rules.
09/10/1976	Hrvatska, Yugoslavia	Inex Adria Aviopromet / British Airways	ATC error, negligence in operations. Midair collision.
02/11/1978	Cranbrook, BC	Pacific Western AL	Estimated time of arrival given by Calgary ATC in error.
08/11/1979	Dneprodzerzhinsk, USSR	Aeroflot	Separation error by the ATC causing a midair collision.
09/14/1979	Sarroch, Italy	Aero Transporti Italiani	Inadequate ATC assistance.
08/24/1981	Zavitinsk, Russia	Russian Air Force	Poor communication between civilian and military ATCs.
04/11/1983	Leninakan, Russia	Aeroflot	ATC procedural error in not identifying the planes position.
04/19/1983	Keninakan, Russia	Aeroflot	ATC procedural error in not identifying the planes position.
03/06/1987	Aeroflot	Almaty, Kazakhstan	The ATC didn't monitor the plane for at least 2 minutes after observing the plane taking a wrong course.
02/18/1989	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Flying Tiger AL	Non-standard phraseology used by Kuala Lumpur ATC, causing the crew to misinterpret the instructions.
02/01/1991	Los Angeles, California	USAir/Skywest	ATC cleared a plane to land while the runway was occupied by another aircraft.
01/20/1992	Strasbourg, France	Air Inter	The plane was slightly off course due to ATC error
09/22/1995	Ancorage, Alaska	U.S. Air Force	ATC did not worn about birds in the area.
11/07/1996	Lagos, Nigeria	Aviation Dev. Corp.	The controller thought he had cleared to aircraft to the correct altitude but didn't.
09/26/1997	Buah Nabar, Indonesia	Garuda Indonesian AL	ATC error in directing the plane in the wrong direction into mountainous terrain.
11/12/1999	Pristina, Kosovo	UN Charter	Improper tracking by the military ATC.
10/25/2000	Batumi,Georgia	Russian Air Force	ATC error.
07/01/2002	Uberlinger, Germany	Bashkirian AL / DHL	Conflicting information give to pilot by ATC and what he was receiving on his TCAS.

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