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Cranwell near miss

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Cranwell near miss

Post by cgull123 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:41 am

Controller had 4 in the circuit at the same time? thats a lot of planes!...

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Re: Cranwell near miss

Post by POL » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:51 am

4 aircraft in the VISUAL circuit is easy, bearing in mind that it's the pilot's responsibility, not the controller's, to maintain separation. It would seem that none of the pilots had any form of situational awareness, something by no means un-common for military pilots.

To pick up on just one bit of the poor reporting...
The pilot of the white and blue King Air was carrying out a training flight at 500ft when it saw the Grob Tutor making a descent from 50ft directly above him. Both aircraft were on the same path.
It would seem the laws of physics have changed!


Just from what it says in the article, the controller failed to provide accurate and timely traffic information, at this point, if a pilot is unhappy with the situation it is his responsibility to perform a clearing right turn and track away from the field, it would appear none of the pilots did this...

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Re: Cranwell near miss

Post by Gary » Thu Jul 22, 2010 11:56 am

report can be found here Cranwell near miss pages 41 to 45

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Re: Cranwell near miss

Post by POL » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:06 pm

Gary wrote:report can be found here Cranwell near miss pages 41 to 45

Thanks Gary, was trying to find that myself! :)

Seems that just about everyone was to blame with that one! :O

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Re: Cranwell near miss

Post by 775112 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:48 am

Foreign a/c thought to have been either 098 or 099...Xingu, being based for a short stay.

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