After a man's family died in a plane crash, he killed the traffic tower operator in front of the operator's family!

One of the most famous plane crashes in recent memory, it is now called the Überlingen mid-air collision. It occurred on July 1st, 2002 over Germany.

The details are controversial at best, yet we do know that one plane struck another at almost an exact right angle. All 60 passengers were killed on one plane and two from the other. It was decided that the air traffic control were mostly to blame. This is when our story takes off.

Peter Nielsen was the air traffic controller on duty. While it was by no means entirely his fault, he felt deeply for the pains he had caused and was taking time off of work. Vitaly Kaloyev was another man who’s family had been aboard the plane that had exploded.

He was so angry that he decided he would exact his own form of revenge. He stalked Nielsen to his home and while there stabbed him to death in front of Neilsen’s family.

The real twist? Kaloyev was declared only partially sane and served less than three years for his brutal crime. In fact the public hailed him as a hero and shrines were made for the man.