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karatecatman · Guest

Seems to be the second incident of its kind and invloving the same parties. Jet Airways and the Indian Air Force.

The IAF now maintains that its fighters are always sophisticated enough to avoid any aircrat, while Jet says there was a real danger.

The story is below.

http://tinyurl.com/yl7pyt
IAF aircraft, Jet plane almost collide
Manju V
[ 13 Jan, 2007 0352hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

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MUMBAI: Barely three months after a near-miss incident over Rajkot involving an Indian Air Force (IAF) jet and a civilian aircraft, another near-miss occurred last week when a Jet Airways ATR 72-500 9W3410 (Rajkot-Mumbai) of Jan. 4 came within about two nautical miles—around five seconds away—of a Jaguar strike aircraft.
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This time, though, Jet Airways has ruled out a communication failure. Immediately after the incident, the Jet pilot informed the Mumbai Air Traffic Control about it. "There were two Jaguar strike aircraft and both were supposed to be at 16,500 feet. While one came down to 16,300 feet, the other descended to 15,000 feet, the altitude at which the Jet aircraft was flying," said a source.
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A senior official of the Indian Air Force, Delhi, refuted claims that they were at fault. "The IAF has carried out a detailed investigation of the January 4 incident, which has revealed that procedures were correctly followed by the IAF fighter formation. There were no lapses on the part of the IAF," he said.

stealthpilot · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2325 Location: BLR, DXB

Although it is possible to safely fly with a 2nm mile separation, the lack of altitude awareness is scary. 16,500 feet is NOT 16,300 feet!
.... On the other hand since the IAF claim that there was no lapse on their part I guess what actually happened will remain a mystery. Printing random figures like 2nm and claiming the Jaguar was at the same altitude as the ATR say nothing conclusive whatsoever.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject:

Knowing the IAF boldness.Im not surprised that 9W is concerned.

Any TCAS Alert should be investigated.

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