Post by Humberside on Nov 13, 2008 18:19:00 GMT
£130m RAF jet in near miss over Humberside
Published Date: 12 November 2008
By Alexandra Wood
IT is said "nothing comes close" in corporate branding for the £130m Eurofighter. But one came far too close for comfort in a near-miss with a private jet heading into Humberside Airport.
According to a simulation the aircraft closed to around 75 metres or 240ft, although both the Eurofighter's pilot and the pilot of the Hawker Siddeley 125 both said they were around half a mile apart.
The incident happened at an altitude of 8,000ft over the Donna Nook bombing range, when the fighter jet was travelling at around 500mph.
The UK Airprox Board, which investigates near-misses between aircraft, graded the incident as Category A, meaning "an actual risk of collision existed".
In a report into the incident, one air traffic controller was recorded to have said afterwards: "That Typhoon just nearly took out my traffic."
Another controller added: "I looked up and they were **** close."
Afterwards the Typhoon pilot acknowledged that they had a "very close" miss with an aircraft "just on the corner of the range as we tipped in."
The report said: "The board agreed that this had been a most serious occurrence.
"Members agreed unanimously that there had been an actual risk that the aircraft would have collided."
The Typhoon is the Royal Air Force's newest fighter aircraft, costing more than £130m each.
It has not been not disclosed how many people were on the HS125 which was flying into Humberside from Germany during the near-miss in March.
Published Date: 12 November 2008
By Alexandra Wood
IT is said "nothing comes close" in corporate branding for the £130m Eurofighter. But one came far too close for comfort in a near-miss with a private jet heading into Humberside Airport.
According to a simulation the aircraft closed to around 75 metres or 240ft, although both the Eurofighter's pilot and the pilot of the Hawker Siddeley 125 both said they were around half a mile apart.
The incident happened at an altitude of 8,000ft over the Donna Nook bombing range, when the fighter jet was travelling at around 500mph.
The UK Airprox Board, which investigates near-misses between aircraft, graded the incident as Category A, meaning "an actual risk of collision existed".
In a report into the incident, one air traffic controller was recorded to have said afterwards: "That Typhoon just nearly took out my traffic."
Another controller added: "I looked up and they were **** close."
Afterwards the Typhoon pilot acknowledged that they had a "very close" miss with an aircraft "just on the corner of the range as we tipped in."
The report said: "The board agreed that this had been a most serious occurrence.
"Members agreed unanimously that there had been an actual risk that the aircraft would have collided."
The Typhoon is the Royal Air Force's newest fighter aircraft, costing more than £130m each.
It has not been not disclosed how many people were on the HS125 which was flying into Humberside from Germany during the near-miss in March.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/130m-RAF-jet-in-near.4686105.jp
