SQ 61 almost langgar & hundreds killed. SIA's pilot's fault.

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From:1st Class = Emeritus Foreign Thrashes (BabaEro11)10:26 AMTo:All

SQ 61 almost langgar & hundreds killed. SIA's pilot's fault.
Your BesTEST airline SIA SQ 61 made a mistake in Houston Texas and almost langgar with a Delta Airline plane cuming in to land.
Now FAA is investigating this serious incident.
Will your 145th Prostitute Press report this serious incident ?

http://www.click2houston.com/news/2-...h-iah/26803322
2 planes nearly collide at Bush IAH

Author: Joel Eisenbaum, Investigative Reporter, Anchor, [email protected]
Published On: Jul 04 2014 06:48:51 PM CDT Updated On: Jul 04 2014 10:52:31 PM CDT

HOUSTON - Two commercial jets came dangerously close to each other Thursday night at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
A Singapore Airlines 777, a jumbo jet, flew within 200 feet vertically, and within about a half-mile horizontally of a Delta Airlines A320.
FAA rules require that aircraft remain separated by a half-mile vertically, and 3 miles horizontally.
"The pilot of the Singapore jet did not level off as required, causing a loss of required separation," Lynn Lunsford of the FAA said
The Singapore Airlines jet had just taken off. The Delta flight was on approach from Salt Lake City.
"Had they collided there would have been hundreds of deaths. It would have been a very large aviation catastrophe," Joshua Verde, a Houston-based aviation expert, told Local 2.
Verde reviewed the audio transmissions between the flight decks and Houston air traffic control.
"You can hear the stress in the (Delta) pilot's voice," Verde said.
It appears the Delta pilot was forced to take an evasive maneuver, diving several thousand feet in a minute, to steer clear of the larger jet.
The underlying cause of the close call is being investigated by the FAA.
IAH recently adopted new take-off and landing procedures, that are designed to be more efficient.


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