Russian air traffic control prevents collision of two aircraft
MOSCOW. Jan 26 (Interfax) - Russian air traffic controllers prevented a Turkish aircraft and an Air France Airbus-321 from colliding on January 25, the press service of the state corporation for air traffic control said on Friday.
As a result of a mistake by a Turkish pilot, the Beech 400 Beechjet aircraft missed the set altitude, and the two planes found themselves on the same line flying towards each other.
Thanks to the professionalism of an air traffic controller, the collision of the two planes was prevented, he said.
"Having noticed that the Turkish plane continued to climb higher than the set altitude, the air traffic controller immediately ordered it to stop climbing and to descend to its set altitude of 3,000 meters.
"The slow reaction of the Turkish pilots left the plane at an altitude of 3,260 meters. Only after persistent demands did they return to their set altitude," it said.
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