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Old Dec 4, 2005 | 6:18 am
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Originally Posted by redburgundy
In my experience, in this case the controller calls "United 875 United" rather than just "United 875." And the controller warns both aircraft of another with the same flight number.
This is a prescribed way of dealing with the situation.
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