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Midair Collision narrowly avoided by 12 seconds at KDCA.
Poor coordination of a change in the active runway led to a plane approaching the airport for landing while 2 planes were taking off and heading towards the landing plane. By the time the controller figured it out, the planes were hurtling at each other at more than 400 knots and were 12 seconds away from a major disaster. (www.washingtonpost.com) Ещё...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Intererstng the the Live ATC archive tape for that half hour is mising six minutes. I wonder if the volunteer scanning the freq is trying to sell it to the press?
It's probably gone the way of the missing 12 1/2 minutes from the Watergate tapes :-)
Is the archive under the control of the volunteer? Or is it hosted on liveatc's servers?
More coverage: FAA investigating near-collision involving three US Airways planes.
Three commuter jets narrowly avoided mid-air crash at a Reagan Washington airport after air traffic control incident
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/02/faa-us-airways-flights-investigation
Three commuter jets narrowly avoided mid-air crash at a Reagan Washington airport after air traffic control incident
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/02/faa-us-airways-flights-investigation
For what its worth, FAA on this morning's news stated the planes were never on a collision course, merely below separation requirements.
That seems to be the update. That airport is a mess for ATC because of the restrictions necessary to operate it. I am going to wait for the investigation on this one, as we should on all such instances.