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Official: Controller didn't correct pilot in Hudson crash

An airplane pilot who read back an inaccurate radio frequency a minute before the deadly midair crash over the Hudson River was not corrected by an air traffic controller on a personal call at the time, a safety official said Wednesday.

During testimony before a congressional committee, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman said the controller at Teterboro Airport...

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