hi

im working on a ‘Prevention of Air Accidents’ presentation and im trying to think of an incident that i believe happened in France, involving a Shorts 360, whereby the English flight crew could not understand what a French Controller was saying to a french pilot. The english pilots on the Shorts, continued to taxi, when an aircraft took off. the aircraft wing hit the Shorts slicing part of the roof off.

the following investigation revealed that had the controller spoken French, the English pilots would have realised what the other aircraft was doing, and so wouldn’t have continued to taxi.

did i dream this up, or did such an incident occur? if an accident like this did not happen, can anyone give details of similar accidents, where the language barrier was the primary, or one of the causes?

any help would be really great

thanks

That accident did happen.

Streamlive S.360 vs Liberté MD-83, may 25th 2000.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000525-0

The A340 is still selling well, it would be odd for Finnair to go Boeing, considering their short haul fleet is almost entirely Airbus.

But Finnair also has a lot of 757s.

While I like the looks of a A340, I will miss the MD-11. It is a lovely plane that is being replaced rather quickly. Maybe in a few years KLM will be the only passenger airline still using them. They stated recently they intend to use them till 2010ish.

euh, why bring back a 3 year old thread?

No.6 is just a dream – right ?

Most definately not. The Angels will have a short visit to Europe visiting only Leeuwarden. Of course subject to change due to weather, war, terrorism, lack of donuts, NL cowering out of Iraq etc etc. 😉

http://www.blueangels.navy.mil.

March
11: Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro, Calif.
18-19: Sacramento, Calif.
25-26: Tampa, Fla.

April
1-2: Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville, Texas
8: Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), S.C.
22-23: Louisville, Ky.
29-30: NAS Atlanta, Ga.

May
5-6: Fort Lauderdale, Fa.
13-14: NAS Fort Worth, Texas
19-21: Andrews AFB, Md.
24: U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
26: U.S. Naval Academy Graduation Flyover, Annapolis, Md.
27-28: Jones Beach, N.Y.

June
3-4: Davenport, Iowa
10-11: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
16-17: Leeuwarden Air Base, The Netherlands
24-25: Barnes Air National Guard Base (ANGB), Westfield, Mass.

July
1-2: Traverse City, Mich.
8-9: Pittsburgh, Pa.
15-16: Pensacola Beach, Fla.
22-23: Sioux Falls, S.D.
29-30: Dayton, Ohio

August
4-6: Seattle, Wash.
12-13: Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
18-20: Chicago, Ill.

September
2-4: Cleveland, Ohio
9-10: NAS Oceana, Va.
16-17: Kansas City, Kan.
23-24: Lincoln, Neb.
30: Nantucket, Mass.

October
1: Nantucket, Mass.
7-8: San Francisco, Calif.
14-15: Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, Calif.
21-22: Goodyear, Ariz.
28-29: NAS Jacksonville, Fla.

November
4-5: Little Rock AFB, Ark.
10-11: NAS Pensacola, Fla.

I’m trying to figure out an excuse to go to Germany. I’d like to photograph the Tu-144D in Sinsheim.

You need more excuse then that?

How about that concorde sitting behind it? Or the An-22 a few miles down the Autobahn in Speyer?