Mayday

Season 9, Episode 4

Episode Title: Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)

Air Date: 2010-09-29

Overview:

On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collides with a waiting SkyWest Airlines aircraft on the runway, killing 34 people. An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned the inbound Flight 1493 to land on a runway where SkyWest Flight 5569 was waiting to take off.