Passenger jet narrowly misses collision in London
Two planes almost crashed into each other over London last summer, a new report has revealed.
It was only thanks to last minute avoidance action by the pilot of a Citation 525 jet that the plane missed hitting a Turkish Airlines passenger jet carrying 232 people heading for Heathrow airport on July 27, according to the Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB).
Both at 4000 feet up, the Citation was only half a mile away from the Turkish Airlines Boeing 777 and between 100 and 200 feet below it when its pilot realised the danger.
The near miss happened, says the report, after the London City Airport control tower cleared the Citation to ascend to 3000 feet but then missed a “read back” acknowledgement from the crew that it would be climbing to 4000 feet.
by Dinah Hatch
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