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...miles) was invisible to a pilot at one end of it. It also was hidden from the view of the tower controllers, who as at many similar airports, had no ground radar to help them track surface traffic. For unexplained reasons, the white centerline lights embedded in the runway???a further aid to pilots when visibility is poor?were not operating. Inside the Clipper, Edward Hess, 39, a food broker from Phoenix, thought, "I don't know much about this, but this is below minimum." In fact, the degree of visibility remained an important point for investigators...
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