Islamabad: Two
international flights fortunately escaped mid-air collision in Pakistani
airspace as the Radar Control System in Pakistan’s Pisni area is shut
for maintenance, a report said on Friday
According to a report,
the fortunate incident occurred between Thursday and Friday night, when
two Lahore-bound International airlines flights’ internal Airbourne
Collision Avoidance System (ACAS) alarmed the pilots about the
situation.
The Etihad Airways’
flights 241 and 622 were flying over 34,000 feet altitude in
Pakistani airspace, sources told a private news television. They added
that the incident occurred because the radar system in Pasni area was
turned down for maintenance purpose while audio frequency system was
unreachable because of bad weather.
Source: http://www.thenewstribe.com
Two passenger aircraft flying from UAE to Pakistan escape mid-air collision
Reports say both aircraft
were flying at same altitude when aircraft collision avoidance system
alerted pilots about imminent collision
Two passenger aircraft
flying from the UAE to Pakistan escaped a mid-air collision disaster in
Pakistan airspace on Friday morning, report said.
One flight was flying
from Abu Dhabi to Lahore while the other flight was on its way from
Dubai to Lahore on Friday early morning when disaster was avoided after
aircraft collision avoidance system activated and alerted the pilots
about imminent disaster.
Without identifying the airlines, Pakistan media reports said both were foreign carriers.
The flights were flying
over the Pakistani city of Pasni at 1am local time on Friday morning
when both the aircraft had come closer to a collision but aircraft
collision avoidance system activated and alerted the pilots. Both the
aircraft were flying at 34,000-feet altitude.
Reports said audio
frequency was not functioning properly because Pasni radar had
malfunctioned and communication between the pilot and air-controller was
not taking place at the regular intervals.
The report didn’t how many passengers were flying in the two aircraft.
Source: http://www.emirates247.com
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