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Feds Probe Claim Of Near-Miss Between Passenger Jets; Could Have Been Worst-Ever Air Disaster
The Federal Aviation Administration is checking the story of a San Francisco writer who claims his flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles was nearly involved in a mid-air collision with another passenger jet last month, one that could have been the worst aviation disaster ever. (sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This reminds me of the story a few months ago about the southwest flight that nosedived over north Carolina. The stories read that people were flaring in midair and passengers thought they were going to die. It turned out that the aircraft was descending to meet an atc crossing restriction and never exceeded 2300fpm. People a are always looking for their 5 minutes of fame and this is no different
Yeah, and National news this morning was reporting another ATC error at IAH between 2 UAL's but controller caught it in time and blocked a turn for one. If it hadn't been on the news, nobody would have know about it except ATC and flight crews. It appears the airlines/ATC is back in the sights of everyone until something else happens.
Who fell asleep? Who busted altitude? Or, was it ATC assigning a conflict? Worth probing, regardless the over-hype.
non-event story : 1st the collision did NOT occured, 2nd the TCAS worked properly avoiding the other traffic by descending 600ft/mn which is NOT a "steep dive"
Nevertheless it will be interesting to find what appended with the ground control...
Nevertheless it will be interesting to find what appended with the ground control...
The UAL pilot over-responded to a normal "RVSM" event. Both aircraft were at their assigned altitudes 1000' apart as allowed under newer RVSM rules. TOTALLY, LEGALLY, SEPERATED. For some reason, UAL thought there was a loss of separation and dived (at only 300 fpm, not much of a "dive"). The passenger over-reacted and the news organizations sensationalized a non-event. NTSB is gathering the facts, but it looks like pilot error, not ATC.
In a situation like this how do each flight crew know what evasive action to take? What if both of them went up at the same time for instance?