If it was 8k and above the airfield and they were observing it on radar,
why could they not bring a/c under it? I have flown over Brisbane
International from SE to NW at right angles to the 01/19 RWY at 1500'
with clearance of course.
PeterS
On 25/03/2011 7:26 PM, Mats Henrikson wrote:
All incoming and outgoing traffic at Oslo Airport Gardermoen was halted for
more than an hour on Thursday afternoon, after an unidentified hang glider
or sail plane was observed circling over the airport at 8000 ft.
I read Norwegian and have been checking the articles I can find
online. There isn't really much more info than what you've got above -
some UFO (in the true meaning of the abbreviation) was spotted at 8k
feet, but they were unable to identify exactly what it was. It appears
they are have drawn the conclusion it must be a soaring craft of some
sort since it "stayed up there longer than a small aircraft should
have enough fuel for". There doesn't appear to be any photos of it. I
saw no reports of anybody spotting it from the ground, nor is there
anything mentioning how many times it was sighted and at what
intervals.
To me it reads like an airline crew spotted something they could not
identify, reported it to air traffic control who took suitable
precautions, and the media filled in the rest.
Mats
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