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Old 23rd Dec 2005, 19:42
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NigelOnDraft
 
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SID altitude is 6000ft.
Instruction given is "after departure climb straight ahead until passing 1500ft before turning left".
Above aircraft climbed straight ahead to 1500ft
If the above is true, I am sure many will jump up and down and criticise the crew

I believe (ATC thread on here) an AF A320 did something similar sometime back, but off 09R... so ATC / Police / Security whatever went bananas as it blatted over London at 1500' (Doubt anyone's so concerned about Bracknell ) ATCers here expressed amazement the AF pilot had not understood the brief, last minute change to his SID given with his TO clnc...

I did express my feelings that a SID is extensively briefed well prior departure, FMCs checked and cross checked etc., and if ATC give, esp a non-English speaker, a quick and maybe "English shorthand" amendment as he starts to roll, that errors like this are more likely.

As a wild guess, seems a bit of a non-event to me, and hopefully lessons will be duly learnt.
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