Word: perego
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More seriously, Fiumicino can be perilous. According to Aviation Writer Francesco Perego, "Our radar and radio assistance are the least efficient in Europe." Fiumicino has to make do with only two radar installations, and operations experts say that more are needed. The harried air-traffic controllers are all members of the military, and each has to direct 15 to 20 planes at a time, compared with two or three for their counterparts in London and eight to ten in Paris. The wonder is that the airport has only about 40 near collisions annually and has had no major air accidents...