Ban on coffee breaks could have averted air disaster, says judge

A SWISS court found four air traffic control managers guilty of manslaughter yesterday over a 2002 mid-air accident that killed 71 passengers, most of them Russian children.

Ban on coffee breaks could have averted air disaster, says judge

On trial were eight employees of the air traffic control firm, Skyguide, charged with manslaughter for contributing to circumstances that caused two planes to crash in Swiss-controlled airspace above southern Germany.

The court sentenced three managers to 12-month suspended terms and one was fined. The remaining four Skyguide employees on trial were acquitted, the court said.

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