Longform

There were so many ways the two planes could have avoided the collision. The odds were so slim. But high above the Amazon in 2006, a combination of technology and human fallibility brought them together.

Life as an air-traffic controller at LaGuardia.

The transcript of a disaster.

The story of Southwest Airlines.

On the attempted hijacking of a FedEx flight by a FedEx employee.

On the dream of a transportation system reliant as much on small, safe commuter planes as cars.

The author, two years old when Southern Flight 242 crashed in his backyard, reports on the aftermath, both for his family and for the passengers.