2 air controllers given suspended sentences

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuko Momii, an air traffic controller, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 11 after the Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's verdict of not guilty and sentenced her to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, for negligence over a near collision in 2001 between two Japan Airlines planes over the Pacific. Hideki Hachitani, who was under Momii's supervision, received 12-month prison term, suspended for three years. (Kyodo)

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