September 29, 2006 was supposed to be a celebratory flight for the 2 flight crew and 5 passengers onboard an ExcelAire private Legacy 600 business jet. But everything changed in a moment when the plane suffers serious damage, and it soon emerges that this jet may have collided with a Boeing 737 Gol passenger jet carrying 154 people. Join Shelly in this episode of Take to the Sky: The Air Disaster Podcast as shares the heartbreaking tale of two planes on a collision course with disaster, and the controversial investigation that led to an aviation crisis across Brazil and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the country’s air traffic control system.
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