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Old 10th Nov 2014, 13:52
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Victor / Canberra collision

I served at Linton-0n-Ouse with the Eastern Radar controller who was involved in this incident, so he certainly returned to controlling duties and as far as I am aware neither controller was blamed for the collision - they both did the best they could in impossible circumstances. However, the Eastern Radar controller later left the RAF in rather unusual circumstances, after serving at RAF West Drayton, but that's another story.

As has already been stated, back then given the very poor quality of the T82 radar during periods of bad weather, and the number of active airfields in the area, the only surprise is that there were not more collisions like this over East Anglia. The people who really should have been taken to task for the collision were the individuals who agreed that the T82 radar, without decent weather surpression, was suitable for an air traffic control task in the crowded skys of the 1970s and the poor weather that's so typical of the UK.

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