Originally Posted by
Trevor the lover
Andrew R and Leadballoon - do you guys actually fly aeroplanes? "We know aircraft in IMC cannot adequately self separate". I do this stuff every day. How about "mate you maintain 5000 and I'll stay at 4000 until passed." There you go - positive separation. Even if the higher aircraft has to maintain 5000 until over the VOR to ensure a totally accurate position comparison, then so be it.
Agreed but from the looks of the radar returns people have posted here (if accurate), and either by self separation or because ATC we’re giving them warnings, it looks like JQF tried to level out at 4K . If Going to LACEY, you would normally climb straight to 7000. Something caused them to stop that.
I concur that even with all factors , this is such a horrible fluke of a collision when you take all things into consideration.
surely 20 mid airs can’t be right in that time frame ? World wide maybe?
Mildura would wanna sort out radar to the ground ASAP ..