PA28 rescued by Edinburgh ATC
Congratulations to Edinburgh ATSU, The EDI Fire Service and Scottish ATC for rescuing the PA28 Arrow G-BREP from what nearly turned out this afternoon to be a nasty accident in the Hills south of Edinburgh. We heard the a/c transiting from SAB VOR to Carlisle on Scottish early afternoon as we descended into EDI IFR from the South. From our view point inside controlled airspace the VFR flight seemed in jeopardy given severe gales, low cloud, mountain wave and turbulence at all levels. We both agreed from our cosy flight deck the route would be extremely challenging for the a/c!
As we taxied out at EDI an hour later a full emergency was in progress as Scottish and EDI ATSU had expertly rescued this a/c from a very unpleasant situation. The a/c’s approach in semi IMC and windshear from out over the Firth luckily resulted in a successful arrival onto 24 at EDI despite some very extreme manoeuvres on short final. Well done EDI ATC guy’s – a good job done well.
The pilot of the Halfpenny Green registered aeroplane needs to spend a while reflecting on his captaincy!