I have just seen two a/c on a converging course on finals for Luton, overhead Stevenage. Sat in our garden one (A319 or similar Easy Jet) flew directly overhead cutting the corner to drop onto the glide path. The other minibus of some sort was already on the glide path.
It looked rather ominous until one aircraft altered attitude and passed above the other. I haven’t seen it go around yet.( edit: it just has)
With broken cloud and houses partly obscuring my view I can only say that they appeared to be within a few hundred feet vertically and 1/4 mile laterally.
I guess the aircrew and air traffic will do all the necessary reporting.
By: sycamore - 15th May 2011 at 22:32
One was a Fedex going to Mem(USA) out of SSTD,climbing at 8-9000 ft,other was Ezy at 3000 ft on ILS..No conflict..
By: Short finals - 15th May 2011 at 13:45
Why not review activity for the time concerned using the “replay” facility on this website. http://casperflights.com/egkk/
That may enable you to see what flights you saw and what their relative altitudes/flight levels were.
By: merlin70 - 14th May 2011 at 01:11
eerm. Simultaneously at the same point on the approach.
2 in to 1 doesn’t fit!
What I think I saw was 2 a/c joining the approach in the very same airspace at the same time. One was on the extended approach, the other was on the Budget airline/glider tug approach.
By: EGTC - 13th May 2011 at 23:07
Are you saying that one joined on to final ahead of another? That sometimes happens under ATC clearance if they feel theres sufficient space. I’ve even been cleared to do that at Cranfield.
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May 13, 2011 at 10:18 pm