Citation and Turkish Airlines 777 in 'near-miss' over London

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Smersh

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A business jet came close to a mid-air collision with a Turkish Airlines passenger plane after taking off from London City Airport, a report has said.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) study described the near-miss over London as a "serious incident".

The Citation 525 jet was about 100ft to 200ft below and half a mile away from the Boeing 777 passenger plane, heading to Heathrow with 232 people on board.

The incident happened on 27 July 2009 at about 4,000ft ...

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11237496

Here's the official AAIB report, available as a pdf file, if anyone wishes to read it.

With the amount of air traffic over London these days (and other cities around the world of course, but London is certainly one of the busiest, with Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports all around, plus London City Airport for business and smaller, short-take-off and landing passenger planes) it's always a fear that potential disaster could be just around the corner and this incident seems to confirm that.

And since moves were made in 1998 to begin a privatisation process of Air Traffic Control in the UK, I can't personally see that situation improving any time soon.

Thoughts please, anyone?
 
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steve82

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A violation of separation minimums for sure. Not a near-miss.
A near-miss is when you can read "T/Sgt. ......." under the canopy of the oncoming F-15E that just buzzed your Cessna.
 
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