A Single-Digit Bearing Error Causes Plane to Drift Miles Off Course: Air Disasters | Smithsonian

An investigator brought in to look at the April 3, 1996 crash of IFO-21 discovers a 7-degree ‘bearing error’ in the final segment of its landing approach. Why was the plane so far off course at the end of its trip?
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