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...routes to Turkey, Greece and Mediterranean resorts-is one of Europe's busiest air corridors, and the Yugoslav pilot was unaware that the British Trident was already flying at that altitude. Zagreb's air controllers may well be responsible for this fatal error. The preliminary opinion of Vjeceslav Jakovac, the Yugoslav judge heading the investigation, was that the controllers probably had incorrectly assessed the altitude of the planes. Five of the controllers were taken into custody for questioning. If found guilty, they could face stiff penalties; in 1974, a Zagreb locomotive engineer found responsible for a train crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: Look Up in Horror | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

...factory that have no pockets, men's coats in several shades, blue sport shirts with black sleeves, hats with spots that could not be removed . . . Thousands of padlocks put on the market by a factory in Pola can be opened with the same key. Forks produced by the Vjeceslav Holjevac factory in Karlovac were too sharp, but the knives were too blunt . . . The Uzor toy factory in Zagreb manufactured dolls dressed completely in black, while dolls made by the Jadran factory had crooked legs and their arms were of different lengths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Pay Enormous Attention | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

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