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Debi's parents were on this flight!!
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating an incident at the Launceston Airport last week where two passenger aircraft were on a converging path in fog.
The bureau has received reports on last Thursday night's incident from Air Services Australia and the two airlines involved Virgin Blue and Jetstar.
The Director of Aviation Safety Investigation, Julian Walsh says it happened about 10 pm, just after control tower staff clocked off.
Mr Walsh says both planes made a missed approach because they could not see the runway due to fog and came to be on converging courses, although still some distance apart.
"What we will be doing is getting information from the air traffic control radar, from that we will be able to look at the flight paths of the aircraft on the night and will be able to recreate what occurred on the evening," he said.
"We can also listen to the recorded air traffic control transmissions and also the transmissions by the pilots of each aircraft who were speaking to each other."
Mr Walsh says both pilots were in contact the whole time and an investigation will determine what exactly occurred.
"We will try to do it as quickly as we reasonable can, but obviously it's important that we gather all the facts involved and that will involve getting information from the radar, getting information from radio recordings and also speaking to the pilots and the crews to get the information on their perceptions on what occurred on the evening."
The bureau has received reports on last Thursday night's incident from Air Services Australia and the two airlines involved Virgin Blue and Jetstar.
The Director of Aviation Safety Investigation, Julian Walsh says it happened about 10 pm, just after control tower staff clocked off.
Mr Walsh says both planes made a missed approach because they could not see the runway due to fog and came to be on converging courses, although still some distance apart.
"What we will be doing is getting information from the air traffic control radar, from that we will be able to look at the flight paths of the aircraft on the night and will be able to recreate what occurred on the evening," he said.
"We can also listen to the recorded air traffic control transmissions and also the transmissions by the pilots of each aircraft who were speaking to each other."
Mr Walsh says both pilots were in contact the whole time and an investigation will determine what exactly occurred.
"We will try to do it as quickly as we reasonable can, but obviously it's important that we gather all the facts involved and that will involve getting information from the radar, getting information from radio recordings and also speaking to the pilots and the crews to get the information on their perceptions on what occurred on the evening."
1 comment:
Forgive me if I am wrong here but shouldn't the air-traffic controllers be still on shift until the last plane comes in?
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