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What caused the business jet to collide with the Boeing 737 in 2006?

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GOL Boeing 737-800 Photo credit: Paul Hunter Alvarenga ( [link] ) What caused the business jet to collide with the Boeing 737 in 2006? In 2006, a tragic collision occurred between a business jet and a Boeing 737. This event defied the typical conventions of air travel, where aircraft rarely collide head-on during cruise due to established safety procedures, notably the semi-circular rules.

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A Record-Breaking Summer of Air Travel Comes to an End with Labor Day Weekend

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TSA prepared themselves this Labor Day for a busy holiday travel weekend and the end-of-summer travel rush – expecting over 14 million passengers to fly between September 1 st and September 6 th. September 1 st was expected to be the busiest travel day of the weekend with over 25,000 scheduled departures from the United States. This Labor Day set another record as the busiest Labor Day weekend in air travel’s history.

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