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Collision risk occurred in March over London's sky

London, UK - RAF's aircraft carrying Prince Charles towards Madrid would have risked to collide with a civil airplane

British NATS ((National Air Traffic Service) has just recently unveiled some details regarding the collision risk, which would have involved a Royal Air Force's airlifter and an Airbus A-321 civil aircraft on last March 24. Prince Charles was on board the RAF's airplane, travelling towards Spain in order to attend March 11 Madrid disaster victims' funeral. The A-321 was about to land at London Heathrow...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 100224
Rome, Italy, 07/16/2004 12:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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