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Old 15th Dec 2015, 13:54
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Originally Posted by P3 Bellows
I wonder if the background of the airprox board Chairman had anything to do with the fact that there was low or no risk of collision.

Civilian pilot says the risk was high; mil pilot says risk was negligible.

I've read this sort of comment a lot in reports so it does make you wonder.

What were they doing "just" avoiding a SAR op for anyway? Rubbernecking?

Quite.

From NOTAM (TDA) as quoted in AirProx2015121: "PILOTS ARE URGENTLY REQUESTED NOT TO FLY IN OR NEAR THE AREA WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF AERONAUTICAL RESCUE AND COORDINATION CENTRE"
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