Tue, Jul 08, 2008
Says 737 Came Within 100 Feet Of 757 During Go-Around
Hot on the heels of a story that made rounds over the Fourth of
July holiday regarding go
-around procedures at a number of US airports,
comes word from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
there was an "ugly" close call at JFK Airport.
The controllers union tells ANN the incident occurred Saturday
night, and involved a LAN Chile Boeing 767 and a Cayman Airways
Boeing 737.
"At approximately 8:30 pm EDT, LAN Chile Flight 533 was taking
off from Runway 13-Right," NATCA states. "At the same time, Cayman
Airways Flight 792 (Boeing 737) was executing a missed approach on
22-Left, which runs perpendicular off the end of 13-Right.
"When a JFK Tower air traffic controller saw that Cayman 792 was
executing the missed approach, he gave instructions for the jet to
make a left turn to avoid the departing LAN Chile 533, which was
told to turn right, over the water. But it was too late. The paths
of both jets crossed."
FAA officials said Monday they could not immediately confirm the
incident took place, reports BusinessWeek. NATCA says controllers
at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) in
Westbury, NY saw the radar targets of both jets merged on top of
each other and estimated their closest proximity at 100 feet.
"Controllers at both JFK Tower and New York TRACON all used the
word "ugly" to describe the incident," NATCA said. "One TRACON
controller said it was the ugliest go-around they have seen in 24
years on the job. Other TRACON controllers said the radar targets
of both jets merged into one on their scopes."
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