Interesting.

As in "oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die"

Sounds like the ATC guys saw the glider from the primary return and the glider didn't have a Mode C or Mode S transponder. If he had, the ATC unit would have known his altitude and he would have shown up on the airliner's TCAS which would have made the airline pilot a whole lot happier.

I wonder why the glider pilot didn't seem to see the approaching airliner? At 3000 feet the 757 wouldn't be going all that fast and it is large.

Mike

At 07:17 PM 27/10/2011, you wrote:
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