From news.com.au
"A QANTAS Boeing 747 and a similar Air New Zealand jet were involved in a near miss over Auckland International Airport on the weekend, New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) said today.
The two jets were unacceptably close and infringed the required separation between aircraft, TAIC said in a statement.
Qantas flight QF43 was said to be on an instrument approach to the airport when air traffic controllers noticed an unidentified aircraft tracking towards its approach path.
Controllers told the Qantas cockpit crew to abort the approach, turn right and climb to 3,000 feet.
At that time, Air New Zealand flight NZ124 was following on an instrument approach to the same runway, and had been cleared to descend to an altitude of 4,000 feet.
As the Qantas jet climbed away, its crew received a ground proximity warning and, in response, initiated a pull-up to 5,000 feet.
The pull-up occurred about one to one-and-a-half nautical miles from NZ124, which was then descending through 4,500 feet.
TAIC said it was investigating the incident."
The way this reads is that ATC instructed a climb into conflicting traffic.
Anyone know the real story?
DJ737
The Roo Rooter
