Cleared for Disaster (USAir Flight 1493)
Show: Mayday --> Season: 9 - Season 9
AirDate: 9/29/2010
Runtime: 45
Voting: 7.7 (3)

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.