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Taiwanese make video about Michelle Obama’s air traffic control controversy

by McLean Robbins on Apr 21, 2011



What do you do when the plane carrying Michelle Obama has its safety compromised due to a sleeping air traffic controller? If you’re in Taiwan, you make an animated video about it, naturally. Our friends at AOL Travel have the full scoop on the controversy, but we have your main location for a laugh.

Tags: air safety, air traffic controller, air traffic supervisor, AirSafety, AirTrafficController, AirTrafficSupervisor, animated video, AnimatedVideo, Michelle Obama, MichelleObama, Taiwan, video

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