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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 12:33 pm
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The article is a bit confusing on several points. Did the pilots "ignore" ATC because they were following TCAS instructions?

There have been collisions before due to pilots heeding ATC over TCAS--which is why they're trained to ignore ATC and do exactly what TCAS says.
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