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Old May 29, 2013 | 3:06 pm
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Two flights with same flight number cause nightmare at Swanwick ATC
Two Fedex flights, both numbered 522, materialized today about 30 miles apart on their way from Cologne to Memphis. One of them was running exactly 24 hours late.

Needless to say, it caused a lot of confusion among the controllers, not to mention danger. Eventually they worked out what the problem was and renumbered one of the flights.

Anyone know if this sort of thing has happened before?
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