FAA and industry partners have come up with a possible solution to minimize the risk of midair collisions where low-level commercial airliners, general aviation aircraft, military jets, and helicopters all fly together in the same complex airspace. What do you think about the new prototype VFR navigational chart for the LA Basin? Learn more in… Continue reading Minimizing the risk of midair collisions
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Anniversary – TWA midair collision over New York 50 years ago
16 December 1960 started like any other December day in New York City. It was foggy and the holiday preparations were in full swing. As the Friday early morning commute went into overdrive, few people suspected that the deadliest air disaster in US history to that date was about to happen right over their heads,… Continue reading Anniversary – TWA midair collision over New York 50 years ago
Near midair at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport (MSP)
On the morning of September 16, at around 06.49 a US Airways Airbus A320 (N122US) operating as flight AWE 1848 was cleared for take-off from Runway 30R bound for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with five crew and 90 passengers on board. At the same time, Bemidji Aviation Services flight BMJ46, a Beech 99 cargo flight with only… Continue reading Near midair at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport (MSP)