Through the years, I have enjoyed relating to ILAFFT stories in Flying and have even corrected a few bad habits based on what I’ve read. I thought there would come a time when the lessons I personally learned while flying would no longer translate to GA flying, and my window of opportunity to submit to this department would close. That view was proved wrong on July 27, 2016.
I Learned About Flying From That: An Airline Crew’s Close Call
Key Takeaways:
- An experienced airline flight crew narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with a VFR Bonanza flying without an active transponder.
- The near-miss was preceded by a momentary delay in initiating descent and a failure by ATC to warn them about the primary target they had identified.
- The incident highlighted the dangers of complacency and making assumptions about air traffic, reinforcing the critical need for continuous vigilance and rigorous visual scanning regardless of automation or flight experience.
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