IAH Close call (according to media)
05-23-2014 | 08:52 AM
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IAH Close call (according to media)
Just saw on the news in MSP that 2 united aircraft last month in IAH had "near miss" when they were both cleared for takeoff and one departed runway heading and the other was given a right turn by ATC instead of a left turn. According to the news the two aircraft got within a scary 4,200ft of eachother 
Somedays I think the media is just digging for any aviation item they can turn into a negative.
Somedays I think the media is just digging for any aviation item they can turn into a negative.
05-23-2014 | 09:18 AM
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But not as scary as the United plane that "descended 600 feet in 60 seconds." Those poor passengers!
05-23-2014 | 05:36 PM
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According to this, the separation was 400' vertical, and 0' lateral. I'd call that close.
Incident: United A320 and United A320 at Houston on May 8th 2014, near collision on initial climbs
Incident: United A320 and United A320 at Houston on May 8th 2014, near collision on initial climbs
05-23-2014 | 05:58 PM
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But not as scary as the United plane that "descended 600 feet in 60 seconds." Those poor passengers!
Bit surprised no one rebutted on this one .
05-24-2014 | 12:16 AM
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According to this, the separation was 400' vertical, and 0' lateral. I'd call that close.
Incident: United A320 and United A320 at Houston on May 8th 2014, near collision on initial climbs
Incident: United A320 and United A320 at Houston on May 8th 2014, near collision on initial climbs
05-24-2014 | 07:41 AM
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IAH Close call (according to media)
Now that I look at multiple articles some have 400 ft and others have way higher numbers. This one says 400ft vertically and .87 miles laterally, either way an oops on the controllers part.
http://m.click2houston.com/news/faa-investigating-nearcollision-between-2-planes-near-bush-iah/26137096
http://m.click2houston.com/news/faa-investigating-nearcollision-between-2-planes-near-bush-iah/26137096
05-24-2014 | 11:13 AM
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Kind of like every commercial flight I seem to take in back.
With the screaming, and the barfing, and the nonstop crying packed into coach.
Seriously though, although the whole 600 ft in 60s has been beyond over-dramatized (has CNN thought of making a movie of it yet?) And that same passenger has been interviewed by several news outlets.
The pax may have felt a brief nose-down moment may have caused, say, .5g or so for an instant. Radar track would just average the whole descent rate so it may not show the instantaneous change.
With the screaming, and the barfing, and the nonstop crying packed into coach.
Seriously though, although the whole 600 ft in 60s has been beyond over-dramatized (has CNN thought of making a movie of it yet?) And that same passenger has been interviewed by several news outlets.
The pax may have felt a brief nose-down moment may have caused, say, .5g or so for an instant. Radar track would just average the whole descent rate so it may not show the instantaneous change.
05-24-2014 | 06:14 PM
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Kind of like every commercial flight I seem to take in back.
With the screaming, and the barfing, and the nonstop crying packed into coach.
Seriously though, although the whole 600 ft in 60s has been beyond over-dramatized (has CNN thought of making a movie of it yet?) And that same passenger has been interviewed by several news outlets. The pax may have felt a brief nose-down moment may have caused, say, .5g or so for an instant. Radar track would just average the whole descent rate so it may not show the instantaneous change.
With the screaming, and the barfing, and the nonstop crying packed into coach.
Seriously though, although the whole 600 ft in 60s has been beyond over-dramatized (has CNN thought of making a movie of it yet?) And that same passenger has been interviewed by several news outlets.
The pax may have felt a brief nose-down moment may have caused, say, .5g or so for an instant. Radar track would just average the whole descent rate so it may not show the instantaneous change.It was a controlled descent and at least it was'nt a 30,000 ft descent in under 3 min.
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