Near miss nr EGKK this morning
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from news.bbc.co.uk
The pilots of two passenger jets had to take evasive action when they were involved in a near miss over south-east England, it has been revealed.
BMI British Midland confirmed that two of its planes came within one-and-a-half miles of each other as they flew from Heathrow.
Safety rules state that aircraft should be at least five miles apart.
The near miss is being blamed on a mistake by an aircraft controller at West Drayton.
There were a total of 148 people on board the two planes.
One was travelling to Paris and the other to Brussels when the incident occurred about 20 miles east of Gatwick airport on Tuesday.
It is understood that the pilots of both aircraft took action after receiving warnings from a controller at West Drayton and from their automatic collision avoidance systems.
The airline and National Air Traffic Services have both filed safety reports.
The Civil Aviation Authority will now investigate the incident.
BMI British Midland confirmed that two of its planes came within one-and-a-half miles of each other as they flew from Heathrow.
Safety rules state that aircraft should be at least five miles apart.
The near miss is being blamed on a mistake by an aircraft controller at West Drayton.
There were a total of 148 people on board the two planes.
One was travelling to Paris and the other to Brussels when the incident occurred about 20 miles east of Gatwick airport on Tuesday.
It is understood that the pilots of both aircraft took action after receiving warnings from a controller at West Drayton and from their automatic collision avoidance systems.
The airline and National Air Traffic Services have both filed safety reports.
The Civil Aviation Authority will now investigate the incident.
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It's obviously the fashion at the moment to drag up any scare ATC story going. Remember many years ago a spate of attacks by guard dogs, every day for a couple of weeks the press had stories of horrendous attacks by vicious dogs suddenly though they all started to behave and we never heard another thing. Funny that.
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I was a passenger on a small regional transport today along with 50 others when I suddenly realised we were hurtling along on an obvious collision course with a similar transport at the same altitude.
We would have struck each other for sure if, at the last moment, an electronic device hadn't told us to take avoiding action seconds before impact.
I'd have reported it but the CAA apparently doesn't deal with the number 77 bus, or the traffic lights.
We would have struck each other for sure if, at the last moment, an electronic device hadn't told us to take avoiding action seconds before impact.
I'd have reported it but the CAA apparently doesn't deal with the number 77 bus, or the traffic lights.
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Hmmm
Kalium Chloride,
Would that be TBUS then? 
if, at the last moment, an electronic device hadn't told us to take avoiding action seconds before impact.
Last edited by ComJam; 30th Jul 2002 at 11:21.
