Aer Lingus From Ireland, joined May 2000, 1523 posts, RR: 0 Posted (12 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1509 times:
Air New Zealand (Auckland) had a near miss on December 1 with their Boeing 747-400 (ZK-SUJ) operating as flight NK002 400 nautical miles southwest of Los Angeles at flight level 370 (37,000 feet). A Boeing 737-300 (N696BJ) operated by Aviation Partners was on a collision course in the opposite direction. The TCAS system alerted the NZ crew to take evasive action. This is a case for sure for the need for oceanic radar ATC coverage.
Mit From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (12 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 1389 times:
One could also say it is proof that the TCAS system is working as planned and provides effective redundancy in those instances where nav/ATC errors occur.
Critter_592 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 279 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (12 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1351 times:
CX flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6341 posts, RR: 56 Reply 3, posted (12 years 4 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1309 times:
We were flying into LAX last week and heard a Southwest say that he'd had an RA (Resolution Advisory) from his TCAS and that he was stopping descent. We quite often hear the "Traffic, Traffic" voice go when flying into LAX. It's one busy place!!
Mit From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 166 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (12 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1246 times:
The 737 was not an air carrier a/c and was conducting "engineering test flight operations." The preliminary NTSB report has more details.
Bruce From United States of America, joined May 1999, 5025 posts, RR: 17 Reply 7, posted (12 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1209 times:
Very Interesting. THe 737 was on a test flight to explore the performance of winglet installation (!) and the 737 was at the max service ceiling, flying into prevailing winds at 370.. The 747 Pilot stated that the 737 also descended as he did and turned as he did! THe TCAS issued a Climb Advisory but he couldn't climb since he was at max ceiling already. His TCAS was set at 12 miles; the 747 was set at 40 miles range.
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