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air-traffic controller

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air-traffic controller air naiguilleur m du ciel
air-traffic controller [ˈɛətræfɪk-] air nFluglotse m

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``Guess I picked the wrong day to quit smoking,'' is the line made famous by emergency air-traffic controller Allen Treleaven (Sterling Hayden), whose job it is to talk down passenger-turned-pilot Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews) after he takes over for the recently deceased Wilson.
Since the Cessna does not have a flight-data recorder, investigators will interview the air-traffic controller who heard Brand's mayday calls.
Grady Carter, a 65-year-old former air-traffic controller who smoked cigarettes until he became ill in 1991 (he was later diagnosed with lung cancer), sued the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company.
 
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