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A pilot preparing to take off Monday from Hollywood Burbank Airport in California took the routine step of radioing the air traffic control tower. But instead of the usual back-and-forth conversation ...

As an American Airlines pilot eased his nonstop flight from Dallas into Nashville on the afternoon of Aug. 16, an air traffic controller stopped him. The plane needed to abort landing immediately.