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“We believe that whether you are a doctor, an accountant, a lawyer, or an air traffic controller, you should be hired and promoted based on skill and competence, not race or gender,” he said.

“There is a shortage of top-notch air traffic controllers,” Musk wrote on X. “If you have retired, but are open to returning to work, please consider doing so.”

Reports that followed showed that air traffic controllers were stretched thin and the time of the crash.

The Nome volunteer fire department said the pilot had told air traffic controllers that "he intended to enter a holding pattern while waiting for the runway to be cleared".

The volunteer fire department in the landing city Nome said the pilot had told air traffic controllers that "he intended to enter a holding pattern while waiting for the runway to be cleared".