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Old 16th Jan 2013, 21:50
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Lagos ATC an accident waiting to happen

Flying to Lagos yesterday ,when trying to contact LAG on 120.9 or 123.7, no reply from ATC for a long time, 6 A/C arriving to LAG at different levels, when
Lagos finally replayed, his transmission was so poor that pilots where guessing trying To understand the altitudes that they where cleared to, making impossible to access to the frequency since every one was asking for clarification about the
Altitude clearance, at one stage two pilots where descending to the same altitude, thanks to the intervention of a third pilot, that call them and corrected
The clearance a near air collision was avoided, why is it like this always in Lagos
Control, since 2009 there where a lot of incidents regarding ATC communications
But aviation authorities do nothing to fix this problem..They have to do something before an accident take place
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