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Old 11th Nov 2004, 15:24
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The incident report, highlighted by the video, is very frightening; it begs the question what if …

What if the 737 commenced take off shortly after the 747 started a GA.
E.g 747 at 1 nm, say 150 kts GS (2.5 nm/min), it would loose contact with 737 almost immediately (downward view < 15 deg during GA). 747 at the threshold at +24 sec, and at 1 nm along runway at 48 sec elapsed time, altitude xxx ft.

737 starts takeoff at (say) +12 sec, lift off at +36 sec, climb to xxx ft by 48 sec elapsed time, approx 1 nm from threshold.

Same way, same place, same altitude, both a/c blind to each other!!!!

Did any of the management ask “what if” the standard ATC procedures failed?
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