Story: Air crashes

Air traffic control

Air traffic control

Air traffic controller Mal Sole is working at the radar console in the civil aviation operations building, Wellington, in 1991. Radar information allows controllers to advise pilots before and during flights, and to monitor air traffic.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: EP/1987/0651/5

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Nancy Swarbrick, 'Air crashes - Promoting safety', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/6539/air-traffic-control (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 12 Jun 2006