  usair flight 1493 was a scheduled united states (us) domestic passenger flight from syracuse hancock international airport, new york, to san francisco international airport, california, via washington, d.c., columbus, ohio, and los angeles, california. on the evening of friday, february 1, 1991, the aircraft serving the flight accidentally collided with skywest flight 5569 upon landing at los angeles. that evening saw slow to moderate air traffic at los angeles airport (lax), but as the usair 737 was on final approach, a series of abnormalities distracted the local controller, including an aircraft that inadvertently switched off the tower frequency and a misplaced flight progress strip which resulted in the skywest metroliner being told to t
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