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==Incidents== At 6 am on 1 December 2003, a major disaster in the stack was narrowly avoided when two planes, carrying a total of 500 passengers, flew within {{convert|600|ft}} of vertical clearance. An [[air traffic controller]] was blamed by a later inquiry for misdirecting traffic when he ordered a [[United Airlines]] [[Boeing 777]] into a level of the Bovingdon Hold already occupied by a similar [[British Airways]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Webster |first1=Ben |title=Radar flaw sent planes just 600ft from disaster |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/radar-flaw-sent-planes-just-600ft-from-disaster-bzqrt6drvdf |website=[[The Times]] |date=22 October 2004 |accessdate=27 June 2024}}</ref>
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