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Old 5th June 2006 | 22:31
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Today aircraft to be delayed was an ambulance flight with a critically ill child on board which had to be repositioned back onto the approach because some clot decided to fly through the final approach at 1500ft, at 6nm, sqawking but couldn't be bothered to call us. It took approximately 20 extra track miles and a five minute delay to the ambulance flight
Today, the whole country had 50 mile VMC. Are you telling us that an ambulance flight (Helo? Kingair? Islander? Light twinjet?) could not go to an FIS, with you giving them information about the conflicting traffic, which, let us remember, was squawking 7000 Mode Charlie so you knew where it was, which way it was going and how high it was?

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