near midair over pacific
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WOW a coffee pot was falling to the floor. How did they survive?
and a 600fpm descent. wow.
can any of you say: WAFDOF?
To me, it sounds like a controller gave the same altitude to two different planes and before some amateur reporter jumps up and down talking about east/west altitudes. IT DOES HAPPEN that controllers can and do give you (read clear you) for a Wrong Altitude/Flight Level (for) Direction of Flight.
AND YES, its wrong to give the same altitude to two different planes on a head on course.
Now, something happened here. CNN just reported that NTSB and FAA investigators are now enroute (w 20 days after the event) to HNL center to investigate.
And hey, the airline COMP'd inflight entertainment for the whole plane!
DEAR REPORTERS: If you had an FAA/NTSB report to go with this , it would be kind of interesting.
But you are obviously just playing on flying fears in the wake of MH370.
and a 600fpm descent. wow.
can any of you say: WAFDOF?
To me, it sounds like a controller gave the same altitude to two different planes and before some amateur reporter jumps up and down talking about east/west altitudes. IT DOES HAPPEN that controllers can and do give you (read clear you) for a Wrong Altitude/Flight Level (for) Direction of Flight.
AND YES, its wrong to give the same altitude to two different planes on a head on course.
Now, something happened here. CNN just reported that NTSB and FAA investigators are now enroute (w 20 days after the event) to HNL center to investigate.
And hey, the airline COMP'd inflight entertainment for the whole plane!
DEAR REPORTERS: If you had an FAA/NTSB report to go with this , it would be kind of interesting.
But you are obviously just playing on flying fears in the wake of MH370.
I rather suspect it was the linking of an item from the mailonline in the OP.
I mean, if I were running/modding the site, that's what I'd do with content from 'certain' sites.
That site should be isolated from a self-respecting computer, deep fried in rancid oil, and grimly consumed when an emetic is required.
I mean, if I were running/modding the site, that's what I'd do with content from 'certain' sites.
That site should be isolated from a self-respecting computer, deep fried in rancid oil, and grimly consumed when an emetic is required.
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"Near-miss over the Pacific" report. Truth or nonsense?
Returning from Istanbul on the flight deck of a BA 737, we spotted an AF 747 opposite direction which had checked in giving a level 2,000ft below us, but it looked to be above us. As we got closer, sure enough it seemed to descend and went underneath us, being registered on the radalt which was crabbed at 4,000ft.
Liked the bit about Liz Hurley; just shows what a twatt Hugh Grant really is.
Liked the bit about Liz Hurley; just shows what a twatt Hugh Grant really is.
more Americans are killed by vending machines than sharks every year
The author might like to consider that if the transponder fails then TCAS is no longer available. The aircraft becomes invisible to the system, just like MH370.
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first off I have no idea about some newspaper's reputation in another country
second off this was reported on cnn and interviewed the author
third, there is another thread just started in rumors and news about the same incident.
so, please merge the two.
second off this was reported on cnn and interviewed the author
third, there is another thread just started in rumors and news about the same incident.
so, please merge the two.
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If the author's description of the severity of the manoeuvre is accurate and the seat belt sign was off, it seems strange that no-one (unbelted passenger or flight attendant) hit the ceiling.
Methinks there may be just a little exaggeration here.
Methinks there may be just a little exaggeration here.
They're a degree or two apart..one is a tabloid paper. (Guess which.)
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For those of us that fly without the aid of TCAS, the 'lookout and avoid' principle exists, whereby the plane on the right gives way to the right of any possible collision.
I have only had to do this once, in a glider, and found that put me in a further dangerous position.... The height of a level glider is about 5 ft to the tip of the tail. However whilst doing my turn to the right to avoid, tip of wing to tip of wing takes up about 50ft of airspace... So the other glider would have had to climb a further 25ft to avoid my wing-tip (Climb in a glider? Oh yeah!)
So the question is, do TCAS instructions rely upon each plane maintaining level flight, to avoid crossed wing problems, or is one plane sent in a climb to the right, whilst the other does an external bunt to the left.? (to keep both wings parallel)
I have only had to do this once, in a glider, and found that put me in a further dangerous position.... The height of a level glider is about 5 ft to the tip of the tail. However whilst doing my turn to the right to avoid, tip of wing to tip of wing takes up about 50ft of airspace... So the other glider would have had to climb a further 25ft to avoid my wing-tip (Climb in a glider? Oh yeah!)
So the question is, do TCAS instructions rely upon each plane maintaining level flight, to avoid crossed wing problems, or is one plane sent in a climb to the right, whilst the other does an external bunt to the left.? (to keep both wings parallel)
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Phiggs, if crossed wings become even a remote concern, then TCAS had truly and utterly failed. TCAS, as you can read anywhere on the net, is designed to warn far ahead of a potential collision. Up to half a minute to closest proximity for a 'descend' warning if my memory serves me right. Further more, TCAS does not instruct to turn. Just climbs and descents.
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Methinks there may be just a little exaggeration here.
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agree TCAS gives climbs, descents or maintain vertical speed as a resolution, NOT turns.
only gets sticky when you descend into a mountain or climbs above max altitude (they do have things sorted out there).
Ideally the maneuver should be smooth enough to not be an exercise in the vomit comet maneuver and perhaps the UAL pilot was a bit too aggressive. (can you smell fear?)
I took and posted the FIRST link I found on the subject as CNN had not placed it upon their website as quickly as the tabloid. Excuse me.
two one four: regarding compass rule. ATC can and often does assign altitudes not in compliance with the compass rule. It is quite normal. There is even an abbreviation associated with it and I mentioned it in earlier post.
WAFDOF: Wrong Altitude/Flight Level (for) Direction of Flight.
Some pilots, like myself will readback the clearance: Flight 124 climb and maintain FL 330, confirm WAFDOF and ATC will verify it. Try it sometime when you are IFR.
only gets sticky when you descend into a mountain or climbs above max altitude (they do have things sorted out there).
Ideally the maneuver should be smooth enough to not be an exercise in the vomit comet maneuver and perhaps the UAL pilot was a bit too aggressive. (can you smell fear?)
I took and posted the FIRST link I found on the subject as CNN had not placed it upon their website as quickly as the tabloid. Excuse me.
two one four: regarding compass rule. ATC can and often does assign altitudes not in compliance with the compass rule. It is quite normal. There is even an abbreviation associated with it and I mentioned it in earlier post.
WAFDOF: Wrong Altitude/Flight Level (for) Direction of Flight.
Some pilots, like myself will readback the clearance: Flight 124 climb and maintain FL 330, confirm WAFDOF and ATC will verify it. Try it sometime when you are IFR.
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Feds Probe Near-Collision Between Two Passenger Jets Over Hawaii
United and US Airways Jets Nearly Collided in Midair, Reports Say - TIME
Federal agencies are reportedly looking into what caused two passenger aircraft to nearly collide over Hawaii on April 25, with the FAA saying a United Airlines Boeing 757 took evasive action to avoid a U.S. Airways Boeing 757 about 200 miles northeast of Kona
Federal agencies are reportedly looking into what caused two passenger aircraft to nearly collide over Hawaii on April 25, with the FAA saying a United Airlines Boeing 757 took evasive action to avoid a U.S. Airways Boeing 757 about 200 miles northeast of Kona