Separation... slightly off topic
Apr 9, 2017, 2:30 am
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Separation... slightly off topic
can anyone check how close BA872 and FR2747 got to each other on 8th April. Would have been around 17:00 BST as BA 872 was approaching the hague
872 is LHR-KRK
the FR flight was from kaunas to STN
872 is LHR-KRK
the FR flight was from kaunas to STN
Apr 9, 2017, 2:44 am
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BA872 was at 37,000 feet.
FR2747 was descending from 36,000 feet and was at about 35,375 feet at the nearest point. It had been at 36,000 for a few minutes, after being at 38,000 feet from about 4 minutes prior to that.
So over 1,000 feet of separation.
FR2747 was descending from 36,000 feet and was at about 35,375 feet at the nearest point. It had been at 36,000 for a few minutes, after being at 38,000 feet from about 4 minutes prior to that.
So over 1,000 feet of separation.
Apr 9, 2017, 4:13 am
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Seriously I'm intrigued.
Apr 9, 2017, 4:18 am
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https://www.flightradar24.com/2017-0...x/52.64,7.07/7
This starts at 1540 UTC. The RYR comes in from the Twente Area, callsign RYR82QE. The BAW comes from the left, BAW872.
Apr 9, 2017, 4:48 am
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Flight Radar 24 replay.
https://www.flightradar24.com/2017-0...x/52.64,7.07/7
This starts at 1540 UTC. The RYR comes in from the Twente Area, callsign RYR82QE. The BAW comes from the left, BAW872.
https://www.flightradar24.com/2017-0...x/52.64,7.07/7
This starts at 1540 UTC. The RYR comes in from the Twente Area, callsign RYR82QE. The BAW comes from the left, BAW872.
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Apr 9, 2017, 5:15 am
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Apr 9, 2017, 5:24 am
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My flight radar has the altitude locked, I can see the two aircraft
From the window the FR flight seemed pretty close (which at about 1700 feet it was), the horizontal separation of 1.5 miles comes as a surprise, it did not look 8km away!! KRK airport is 8km from my apartment and the FR aircraft looked considerably closer!
From the window the FR flight seemed pretty close (which at about 1700 feet it was), the horizontal separation of 1.5 miles comes as a surprise, it did not look 8km away!! KRK airport is 8km from my apartment and the FR aircraft looked considerably closer!
Apr 9, 2017, 5:46 am
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The RYR was going to STN so needed to be descended to FL280 (28,000ft amsl) by the border between the NL and UK ATC centers, so with the BAW going the other way at FL370 the controller descended the RYR to 360 to go below when it was still 5 mins or so away so that the RYR could then have an unhindered descent to the exit level. The controller could have turned the aircraft so that they would have passed more than 5NM apart and then the RYR could have stayed at their cruise level and descended through your level, in which case you wouldn't have seen them so well as they would have been much futher away.
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