1stspotter
8th Jun 2013, 12:11
A U.S. C-130 flying from Bahrain to Aqaba, Jordan tried to land on at the Israeli airport of Eilat on Thursday afternoon.
The cargo plane came close to a Arkia airliner and was warned by Eilat’s control tower of its mistake.
This is the second near-miss incident at Eilat’s airport in the last two weeks.
On May 26, an El Al flight to Eilat with 100 passengers on board narrowly avoided flying into a mountain, clearing its peak by a mere 200 meters.
That plane — a Boeing-737 — was approaching the landing strip in Eilat when the control tower asked the pilots to circle and then return, because the runway wasn’t ready. What was supposed to be a routine procedure Report on El AL incident here
Incident: El Al B738 at Elat on Apr 27th 2013, conflict with terrain and border violation after go-around (http://avherald.com/h?article=462ec30e&opt=0)
source:
US military plane nearly hits Israeli jet over Eilat | The Times of Israel (http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-military-plane-nearly-hits-israeli-jet-over-eilat)
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Alert 5 » U.S. C-130 mistaken Israeli airport for Jordanian one - Military Aviation News (http://alert5.com/2013/06/08/u-s-c-130-mistaken-israeli-airport-for-jordanian-one/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)
The cargo plane came close to a Arkia airliner and was warned by Eilat’s control tower of its mistake.
This is the second near-miss incident at Eilat’s airport in the last two weeks.
On May 26, an El Al flight to Eilat with 100 passengers on board narrowly avoided flying into a mountain, clearing its peak by a mere 200 meters.
That plane — a Boeing-737 — was approaching the landing strip in Eilat when the control tower asked the pilots to circle and then return, because the runway wasn’t ready. What was supposed to be a routine procedure Report on El AL incident here
Incident: El Al B738 at Elat on Apr 27th 2013, conflict with terrain and border violation after go-around (http://avherald.com/h?article=462ec30e&opt=0)
source:
US military plane nearly hits Israeli jet over Eilat | The Times of Israel (http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-military-plane-nearly-hits-israeli-jet-over-eilat)
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Alert 5 » U.S. C-130 mistaken Israeli airport for Jordanian one - Military Aviation News (http://alert5.com/2013/06/08/u-s-c-130-mistaken-israeli-airport-for-jordanian-one/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)