RE: Act now on air safety!!!
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 27-11-02 AT 09:22 AM (GMT)]Eric
Part of report from same newspaper:
Three planes narrowly escaped a runway pile up at Gatwick Airport, it was claimed yesterday.
Two Boeing 737s were mistakenly cleared for take-off together as a DC-10 was coming in to land on the same airstrip.
At the last minute the second 737 was ordered to stop and the DC-10 was told to abhort its landing.
The Two 737s were waiting for take-off clearance. One was given clearance but, unknown to the controller, the same order was acknowledged by the second 737.
As the planes went up to the runway, the DC-10, with its undercarriage down, was lining up to land.
At this point the pilot of the second 737 realised he was closing in on the plane in front, he queried his clearance with controller who told him to stop, let the first 737 take off and told the DC-10 to “go around”
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Who’d be held responsible if there was a pile up like this????
Dave
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