Planes Crashing in Mid-Air Again..

As did I, turns out they came down in Admaston, just outside of Rugeley and the Haywoods.. 2 people died :(
 
My grounds back onto the farmers land who's field the plane landed in. The plane it hit, I am told, flew close to my property on its way to East Midlands airport and the plane that crashed flew over our property 10 seconds before the crunch so one of my neighbours informs me. I was to involved with a Marmite on toast event to notice it would seem, but there for the grace of god!

RIP chaps!
 
Shame. Shutting the runway at East mids will have cost the airlines a few bob.

BBC News said:
Aircraft enthusiast Richard Chamberlain was watching the skies from his position parallel to the runway at East Midlands Airport when he saw the other plane land.

He was listening on a scanner when he heard the mayday call go out from the pilot.

He told the BBC News website: "The pilot reported he had hit something. He didn't know what it was but said there was burning debris beneath him and he said he had lost part of his undercarriage. He requested emergency landing facilities.

"I saw the plane come into land, I was literally about 100 yards away and had a clear view.

"It was very unnerving watching it come in. It looked to have lost two or three wheels. You could see the pilot was shocked but he stayed calm and it was a text-book landing.
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I wonder if Mr. Chamberlain would have been as enthusiastic to get his 5 minutes of fame had he realised he has just admitted breaking the law and not only that, passing on his sensationalised version of events which he obtained by illegal means. Ho ho, I hope they throw the book at your Mr. Chamberlain.
 
Greenlizard0 said:
Listening on a scanner?

Quite nervous now - I'm flying out to Tunisia on Wednesday :/
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Yes.

And why would this make you nervous? It was two light aircraft, outside controlled airspace operating on a "see and avoid" principle. You'll be operating in controlled airspace, under the control of ATC, on an aircraft loaded with TCAS equipment. You have nothing to fear.
 
i knows its illegal but i can't see the harm in listening to a scanner. A few months ago I had a VERY close encounter with a microlight, he must have been in my blindspot as when I turned he was coming straight for me. The collisions can happen pretty easily even if you are keeping a good lookout.
 
Scuzi said:
Yes.

And why would this make you nervous? It was two light aircraft, outside controlled airspace operating on a "see and avoid" principle. You'll be operating in controlled airspace, under the control of ATC, on an aircraft loaded with TCAS equipment. You have nothing to fear.
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heh, just the other day i was watching an Air Crash Investigation programme where the ATC failed to see a light aircraft and an airliner on a collision course :eek:

i seem to remember another where 2 aircraft with tcas still managed to hit each other
 
Scuzi said:
Yes.

And why would this make you nervous? It was two light aircraft, outside controlled airspace operating on a "see and avoid" principle. You'll be operating in controlled airspace, under the control of ATC, on an aircraft loaded with TCAS equipment. You have nothing to fear.
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Because you might be responsible for his approach/departure :p
 
JBuk said:
i seem to remember another where 2 aircraft with tcas still managed to hit each other
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The TCAS failure would likely be due to the aircrew not doing exactly what it says. There have been instances where ATC have given an instruction that contradicts the TCAS, so the aircrew have wrongly followed the ATC instruction. Aircrew are always instructed that TCAS takes precedence over any other instructions, and when this is followed it is an almost watertight system.
 
Stringy said:
The TCAS failure would likely be due to the aircrew not doing exactly what it says. There have been instances where ATC have given an instruction that contradicts the TCAS, so the aircrew have wrongly followed the ATC instruction. Aircrew are always instructed that TCAS takes precedence over any other instructions, and when this is followed it is an almost watertight system.
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yes, i remember it was down to pilot error , no system is completely idiot proof where humans are involved
 
what time was this, i was at donington race track today and never seen anything out of the ordinary.
 
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