Tokolosh From Netherlands, joined Sep 2001, 359 posts, RR: 0 Posted (9 years 3 months 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 3867 times:
This was posted on the site of Amsterdam's local TV station (rough translation by me. I did a search and didn't see any other posts on this):
KLM and Swiss airliners in near miss
Planes belonging to KLM and Swiss were involved in a near miss on Wednesday morning over France. The two aircraft were separated by only 300 metres. A KLM spokesman confirmed the incident but said there had been no danger. "Both aircraft were continuously aware of each others' presence", he said.
DeltaMD11 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 1698 posts, RR: 38 Reply 10, posted (9 years 3 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3030 times:
Wouldn't that be a near hit, rather than a near miss? A near miss would imply that there was a collision that was almost averted. At any rate, good thing that it was averted.
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Mexicana757 From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 2957 posts, RR: 30 Reply 11, posted (9 years 3 months 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 2700 times:
I agree with DeltaMD11 this was more a near hit, 300m is very close. Here is an article about this near hit. It states that the KLM pilot saw the Swiss plane coming his way.
Ezycrew From Spain, joined Oct 2001, 460 posts, RR: 4 Reply 12, posted (9 years 3 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2666 times:
Here's what's on our employee website :
"Incident in French airspace
A KLM aircraft and a SWISS aircraft came close together early this morning in French airspace near Reims. Thanks to the swift response of both crews and the onboard warning systems, the incident passed without consequence. SWISS has reported the incident to the relevant authorities.
At approximately 07.45 this morning, as SWISS flight LX 17 en route from New York JFK to Zurich was flying over the city of Reims, the onboard warning system (TCAS, traffic alert and collision avoidance system) indicated the proximity of another aircraft. The SWISS crew followed the system’s instructions and put distance between the two aircraft.
The French authorities are investigating how it was possible for the two aircraft to come close to one another. As required by regulations, SWISS has reported the incident to the relevant authorities in Switzerland.
The flight landed on schedule in Zurich.
SWISS Internal Communications"
And the Paris ATC controllers were on strike yesterday too.... I wonder if this has anything to do with the incident.
I remember in the 70's, during a French ATC strike when a Iberia DC9 collided with another Spanish passenger jet over Brittany. French ATC was blamed over this.
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