Close Call

[BELHold]

Is this cause for concern or should we be reassured that this seems to be happening less.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4717547.stm

"It said the cause was the non-sighting of the Hawks by the Dash 8 pilots"

Surely these type of Aircraft by their very nature are supposed to be hard to detect.

[overstress]

Neither, it's just one of those things that will happen from time to time.

Happens to civilian/civilian too thank goodness for TCAS (provided everyone follows the RA instructions)

[Random Electron]

I was not aware that fast jet military aircraft had TCAS, well, not one that would talk to civil units.
Can anybody comment?

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

All being dealt with at length in another thread........

[Flash0710]

I had a near miss the other day.

On the motorway i must have come within metres of the other car....;)

[Turn It Off]

An incident report showed the Tornado bomber and a Sea King rescue helicopter from Lossiemouth were just 980ft apart at one stage on 8 December.

Is that vertically?

If so, is it an airprox?

[Konkordski]

On the motorway i must have come within metres of the other car


It's not the mid-air fender-bender which does the real damage, it's the expanse of non-solid matter between the parties and the ground - or, more accurately, the sudden emergence of solid matter at the downwards end.

If we kept air traffic down at a reasonable height, like rooftop level, there'd be fewer mid-air collision casualties.