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Old 9th Jul 2004, 10:24
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These accidents
Obviously, people's minds are quite appropriately focussed on this most recent tragedy, and any loss of life is a bad thing.

However, taking the longer view, is there really a disproportionate number of mid-air collisions under the LTMA? Midairs are thankfully surprisingly rare in any event, and I don't recall a cluster of them in that neck of the woods.

By contrast, there is a relatively larger number in ATZs between aircraft joining, leaving and participating in the circuit pattern; just the time when people should be most aware of the position of other aircraft.

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