A veteran air traffic control manager has retired in the wake of an FAA probe into an unreported error that triggered a near collision between a Japan Airlines 767 and a UPS MD11 in January.
The two aircraft were approximately 15 miles out on approach to land at Honolulu International Airport when a rookie controller put them on a collision course, one that was averted thanks to TCAS warnings issued in both cockpits. At one point during the incident, the aircraft, flying with no altitude separation, came within 1.5 miles of each other.
