near midair over pacific
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Anyone know what type of resources are out in the pacific if an incident did occur?
It looks like the FAA just lets them all get on with separation etc.
Made me wonder after seeing the Malaysian plane go missing.
It looks like the FAA just lets them all get on with separation etc.
Made me wonder after seeing the Malaysian plane go missing.
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according to CBS evening news:
both planes were assigned FL330 by ATC
Both planes were in radar contact and CBS showed the radar tapes and the ATC audio was played.
closest point was 1 mile horizontal 800' vertical.
(slop?)
it is obviously an air traffic control error.
both planes were assigned FL330 by ATC
Both planes were in radar contact and CBS showed the radar tapes and the ATC audio was played.
closest point was 1 mile horizontal 800' vertical.
(slop?)
it is obviously an air traffic control error.
United 1205 TCAS RA East of Hawaii April 25
Writeup from Passenger:
https://medium.com/medium-long/c2f8d68a917c
Soon after reaching our cruising altitude of 33,000 feet, the collision alert system sounded an alarm. Our plane was on an imminent path with a US Airways flight over the Pacific,
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investigation shows that both airliners were cleared at FL330 by ATC
both planes were in radar contact
the united plane descended , the USAIR plane climbed.
no closer than 1 mile
800'
ATC mistake
wondering if on airway and SLOP
both planes were in radar contact
the united plane descended , the USAIR plane climbed.
no closer than 1 mile
800'
ATC mistake
wondering if on airway and SLOP
What an absolute 
story that is.
While I am sure that some TCAS event happened, I would just like to point out the following, which may help to be-bunk the whole story.
Halfway down the article, there is some sort of composite picture, with all sorts of aircraft superimposed, as if to illustrate various takeoff flightpaths.
The airport in the background is Hannover.
I fly for KLM on the 737 . And I will testify here, that KLM 737's never fly to Hannover, and never have. Nontheless, there is one sitting there in the middle of the picture!! (Old livery) also, further back, there is a KLM wide body, probably a 767 (check the bogey gear) and they never ever flew to Hanover either.
This sort of self-made sensationalist journalism really needs to be debunked bigtime.
What a bad, unprofessional, sensationalist cry-story.
story that is.While I am sure that some TCAS event happened, I would just like to point out the following, which may help to be-bunk the whole story.
Halfway down the article, there is some sort of composite picture, with all sorts of aircraft superimposed, as if to illustrate various takeoff flightpaths.
The airport in the background is Hannover.
I fly for KLM on the 737 . And I will testify here, that KLM 737's never fly to Hannover, and never have. Nontheless, there is one sitting there in the middle of the picture!! (Old livery) also, further back, there is a KLM wide body, probably a 767 (check the bogey gear) and they never ever flew to Hanover either.
This sort of self-made sensationalist journalism really needs to be debunked bigtime.
What a bad, unprofessional, sensationalist cry-story.
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UA1205 and US Airways near miss at FL330
Risks Digest reports from here: https://medium.com/medium-long/c2f8d68a917c
about a near miss over the Pacific at FL330, which was saved by TCAS at the last moment. Interesting comments about why it doesn't appear to have been reported to the FAA until after it was in the press
about a near miss over the Pacific at FL330, which was saved by TCAS at the last moment. Interesting comments about why it doesn't appear to have been reported to the FAA until after it was in the press
