777ER From New Zealand, joined Dec 2003, 11318 posts, RR: 17 Posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 3038 times:
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Over the weekend two B744s, owned by QF and NZ were involved in a near miss while both were landing. QF43 was on an instrument approach when ATC noticed an unidentified aircraft tracking towards QF43's path. NZ124 was descending to 4000 feet
Was also reported on the Late News. Typical beat up, lets all panic etc. It seems like the QF aircraft obeyed all ATC directives and the crew responded to Ground Proximity Alerts as they're trained to.
Sydscott From Australia, joined Oct 2003, 2377 posts, RR: 18 Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago) and read 2854 times:
The media would much rather tell us all about how two planes almost colliding mid air than tell us two aircraft, operating normally, slightly infringed one anothers space and took corrective action. I suppose good news is no news, but bad news sells newspapers.
NZ1 From New Zealand, joined May 2004, 2188 posts, RR: 27 Reply 4, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2632 times:
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Quoting Sydscott (Reply 3): The media would much rather tell us all about how two planes almost colliding mid air than tell us two aircraft, operating normally, slightly infringed one anothers space and took corrective action. I suppose good news is no news, but bad news sells newspapers.
That is so true. Apparently the QF aircraft was carrying out a normal approach, as was the NZ aircraft. The rules are slightly different while AKL is using the standby runway, and ATC regularly try to squeeze extra movements in where they can. I have witnessed at least a dozen go-arounds in the past week due to aircraft being allowed to line-up as another is on short finals. But you don't see the media giving it to ATC do you???
ZKSUJ From New Zealand, joined May 2004, 6937 posts, RR: 10 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2304 times:
Yeah well, it is easier to blame it on an individual than on the group of ATC. I am not saying that ATC are crap, they do an outstanding job all over the world, I am just saying, do not blame something solely on one party when it is going to be misleading and obviously misinterpreted by the public.
Good thing is, it was an incident, not an accident.
WunalaYann From Australia, joined Mar 2005, 2839 posts, RR: 31 Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2260 times:
Quoting 777ER (Reply 5): but the media never blame ATC but only the crew/airline.
Or the aircraft itself... "autopilot/instruments problems"... typical media line... yeah, could reporters be any less specific, please, for the sake of our complete misunderstanding... ...
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It seems like the QF aircraft obeyed all ATC directives and the crew responded to Ground Proximity Alerts as they're trained to.
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