Etihad Airways’ Lahore-bound flights escape mid-air collision in Pakistani airspace: report

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