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Old 6th Jul 2002, 12:08
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garp - it will indeed be interesting to see the tracks ( uhm, so how come you're privy to them then, and will they pop-up in the ATC forum perhaps ? ). That said, would you please explain how it is possible for two aircraft which are apparently on a collision course (LOCB), at which if one or both turn right ( to remove the LOCB) that they can still hit each other ? (given that they're roughly doing similarly constant speeds, etc); and why, for years, if a collision risk exists (LOCB) have pilots relied on each other to each turn right (to take away the LOCB) in order to avoid hitting each other - or was this just BS ?

Maybe what you're alluding to is that if ( and I'm HYPOTHESISING here ) two aircraft (A & B) are on a collision course, each gets a TCAS RA, aircraft A descends, aircraft B should climb but - for some reason known only to its crew - also descends, aircraft A turns right, aircraft B turns left, both collide - this is known as the "You're having a very bad day - aka. Sh!t Happens !" scenario.
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