Near miss report
15.09.08
Two passenger planes were put on a course towards each other by air traffic controllers at Newcastle Airport, the Northern Echo reports. The airport confirmed last night that a Category C incident - defined by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as posing no risk of collision - occurred in its airspace on the afternoon of March 21.
The incident took place 3 miles north-east of Newcastle Airport, with both planes under the control of its air traffic services. The ‘airprox’ involved two Boeing 737 aircraft ‘going around’ (waiting to land) in bad weather.
A full investigation into the incident was conducted by the CAA's UK Airprox Board (UKAB). It concluded that the incident was caused by human error, which resulted in one aircraft mistakenly being directed, for a short while, towards the other by a radar controller at Newcastle Airport - before both aircraft were turned away from each other.
A spokesman for the airport told the newspaper: ‘A review of air traffic control measures has been implemented as a result of the incident. We take matters of safety extremely seriously. We wish to reassure the public that our response to this incident has been thorough. We have cooperated fully with the appropriate regulatory bodies to ensure that the highest levels of safety are maintained.’
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