Thursday, May 13, 2004
Report warns of the dangers of crowded skies
A shocking new report is warning it may only be a matter of time before there’s a serious and fatal aircrash in the region’s skies. The Air Accident Investigation Branch says there have been a string of near misses involving military and civilian planes in the North East over the past few years. It warns that unless something is done to regulate the airspace there could be an incident involving ‘large-scale loss of life’. Senior officials from the Civil Aviation Authority and MoD are due to meet to discuss the report.
By: LBARULES - 14th May 2004 at 15:09
Oddly enough the BBC television series “Crowded Skies” tackled this very subject in the first episode broadcast around a year ago.
Many pilots were concerned about operating in unregulated airspace, shared with fast moving military traffic.
I was just going to say the same thing! It was a very interesting insight.
By: Bhoy - 14th May 2004 at 12:21
according to Reporting Scotland yesterday, it was North East England and Eastern Scotland.
By: Britannia - 14th May 2004 at 08:33
North East UK
By: greekdude1 - 14th May 2004 at 02:00
Are you referring to the Northeast of the U.K. or the U.S.?
By: Ren Frew - 13th May 2004 at 20:03
Oddly enough the BBC television series “Crowded Skies” tackled this very subject in the first episode broadcast around a year ago.
Many pilots were concerned about operating in unregulated airspace, shared with fast moving military traffic.
By: T5 - 13th May 2004 at 19:24
Surely, anyone could have predicted this ages ago?
If our air traffic services are up to scratch, nothing should go wrong.
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May 13, 2004 at 7:23 pm