[UK] Two planes narrowly avoid collision on runway

[dunkace]

Two planes came within 875 metres of each other at a Scottish airport, an investigation has found.
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report found the landing Boeing 737 was less than 1km away from a departing Airbus A320 at Edinburgh Airport.
The incident in August last year is described by investigators as a "loss of separation" between the two planes.
The AAIB said delays and inexperienced staff were to blame.

"The airport air traffic control service provider defined this as a runway incursion as the 737 was over the runway surface when the A320 was still on its take-off roll.
"A combination of factors, including brief delays to the departure of the A320 and the speed of the Boeing 737 being higher than normal, led to the reduction in separation before the controllers became aware of the closeness of the aircraft.
"The trainee controller lacked the experience to resolve the situation in a timely manner and the supervising on-the-job training instructor judged it safer to let the 737 land than to initiate a go-around in proximity to the departing aircraft."

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-48463972

[Grink Of Meat]

I wouldn't need a catapult-seat. I'd propel myself straight out of the cockpit by how hard i'd shit myself.

[Drewsko]

Damn. Glad we avoided a repeat of the KLM/Pan-Am incident.

Tenerife airport disaster

[_RIley]

dont forget to factor in how hard you'd piss yourself too

[fancy ghost ☂]

Hoooly shit, this must have been a comedy of errors

Only funny because disaster was averted, but at least 5 people all dropped the ball on the handling of the arriving aircraft, and this exact situation (simultaneous opposite direction arrival/departure) is so astronomically unlikely I'm left with a ton of questions that the article sadly fails to clear up

[TheTalon]

On the plus side, though, It goes to show how large the safety margin is. They still had almost 1km of spacing, and it would've been way worse had they told the 737 to go around rather than just land. They would've got much closer and would have passed through some gnarly wake turbulence, so that was a good call on the supervisor's part

[tau]

In terms of time difference, at those speeds it's about 9 to 12 seconds, which is far too close for comfort.

[dunkace]

I hadn't even done the maths, thats even more terrifying.

[jamzzster]

Be reet