Again near miss in ATH FIR
Yesterday Olympic Airways (flt OA181) Followed a valid TCAS RA in order to avoid 2 Greek Airforce fighters above the island of Skyros. One Flight Attendant was lightly hurt and the pax were shocked. The B737 landed safely at Makedonia , the airport of Thessaloniki.
This has happend before and will continue to happen, until it is made clear to the Greek Airforce that not ALL airspace is theirs. It is about time that the Greek HCAA (YPA) sits around the table with the airforce in a genuine effort to eliminate this kind of airprox mishaps. The communication between Military and civil ATC should also improve.
This year Greece will benefit of heavy Charter traffic on top of the heavy scheduled traffic, the tourists and other passengers must not be put at any risks because the airforce likes to play with their planes.
This time it was again a near miss, can Greek tourism endure a hit?
Fly safely, QTA
Last edited by quickturnaround; 5th Apr 2006 at 08:07.