Friday, 26 December 2003

Airline relaxed on flight scare, The Australian, 26 December, 2003

Airline relaxed on flight scare: [1 All-round Country Edition]

Stapleton, JohnThe Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 26 Dec 2003: 3.
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TENSIONS between air traffic controllers and the federal Government have deepened following allegations a Virgin Blue flight with 120 passengers on board came within 70m of colliding with a light aircraft near Launceston.
It is claimed that at about 1.30pm on Wednesday the Boeing 737 on descent to Launceston was forced to climb more than 300m to avoid a four-seater single-engine Tobago flying from Hobart after a proximity alert sounded in the cockpit.
Virgin Blue, Airservices Australia and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau are investigating the incident, but an airline spokeswoman, Amanda Bolger, said flight DJ 964 from Sydney landed "as per normal".

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