Confusion apparently led an air traffic controller to guide one Japan Airlines jetliner into the path of another, but it was only the first of several miscommunications that led to a near disaster earlier in the week, transport ministry officials admitted Friday.
The result was that one plane passed 10 meters directly under the other -- disaster being avoided only when one of the pilots took his plane into a sudden dive.
The maneuver injured 42 passengers and crew members.
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