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1St July, 2002, Bashkirian airlines (Russian Airliners) flight No. 2937 (Registration RA-85816) was a Tupolev 154M, passenger jet en route from Moscow (Russia) to Barcelona (Spain). DHL flight No. 611 (Registration A9C-DHL) was a Boeing 752 (757-200) freighter jet flying from Bergamo (Italy) to Brussels (Belgium).
The two aircraft collided in mid-air on at 21:35 UTC over Überlingen (Germany) near lake Constance, killing all 71 aboard both aircraft. German investigators determined that the accident had been caused by problem within the air traffic control system[1]; and the controller who was on duty at the time "Peter Nielsen" was later stabbed to death by an architect who lost his wife and both of his children in the accident.
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