Near-miss for two jets at Gatwick

Title

Near-miss for two jets at Gatwick

Genre

Speech

TX Date

13 Apr 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:00:21

Description

Two British holiday jets came close to crashing into each other at Gatwick Airport last night. A British Island Airways BAC 111 apparently landed on the wrong runway, just as the second plane was taxiing for take-off. Gatwick Airport spokesman David Hurst says that if it hadn’t been for the quick responses from an air traffic controller and a British Airways pilot, the near-miss would been an accident. For Update programme.

Contributors

David Hurst

Keywords

Air accidents; Airports; British Airways; Pilots; Aeroplanes; Air traffic control; Gatwick Airport; Update (radio programme); Accident prevention; British Island Airways

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