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Old 14th Nov 2018, 10:00
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The corridors for flights out of the Gulf through Iraq/Iran to the North West basically consist of only around 2 or 3 airways. And are used by the airline with the largest number of 380s in the world.

For this reason pilots out of Gulf are now hyper consious of 380 wake. I have myself hit 380 wake twice in the last three years in a heavy. And it was the same as hitting the wake of a heavy in a medium Jet. We all know what happened to the German business jet that flew through the wake of a 380 over the Arabian Sea.

Unfortunately, or fortunately it was not until that event that the 380 wake problem became well known enough to wake up the authorities. However, the issue is still not officially dealt with. ATC need to be more aware when a 380 is around and be especially careful when a light or medium jet may be pottentially crossing it's path. That could mean a call to the pilots of the light jet of the precense of a 380 or to enforce stricter seperation minimum.
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