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May 2012: 6 Near collisions over Moscow Alleged

Although the Control tower denies this number, in the past three months, Moscow ATC (union) reported six near collisions over Moscow.:

  • March 7: at Domodedovo Airport, Swiss Air jet and a Boeing 737 averted by an alarm 15 seconds before a collision would have happened. Both were landing
  • March 22: at Ostafyevo International Airport: During takeoff
  • April 25: Vnukovo International Airport: Trans Aero Boeing 737 and Lufthansa Boeing 737 nearly collided while landing.

Other jets involved are said to be Falcon-900, and ATR-72.

The incidents are presumably due to old equipment, firing of established experienced personnel, new staff and recent reorganization of the airspace routing over Moscow.


* unconfirmed

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