Near miss incident near krasnodar

R = Reporter, Y = Yuri

R	Two passenger airlines were just seconds from disaster in a near miss incident near Krasnodar. A quick thinking air-traffic controller saved the lives of 302 people. It’s not just pilots who are responsible for the safety of passengers. Teams of dispatch engineers have a huge responsibility. At this centre each controller monitors up to ten aircraft at a time. Yuri has been working as a controller for over ten years. Yuri’s quick thinking prevented two planes that were only 200 metres apart from crashing into one another. Yuri, can you talk us through what happened?
Y	Well I could see that the two airplanes were too close together, and both immediately responded to my instructions.
R	Why were they so close?
Y	The Tupolev 154 and Boeing 767 both departed during my shift. But the Tupolev had problems with its landing gear and they were unable to retract so the airplane started to lose altitude. Meanwhile the Boeing beneath it was climbing at full throttle over the aircraft. They were both travelling at high speed and were only 15 seconds away from colliding. I instructed the Boeing to turn right. The whole incident was over very quickly but it seemed to last forever.
R	Yuri has received a lot of media attention and many calls. But he simply gets on with his job.
Y	The risks are many, but with concentration and good teamwork we are able to keep the sky safe.
R	Usually we don’t know the names of the people who keep us safe in the sky. But now this air-traffic controller is no longer unknown and he is getting all the praise he deserves.

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BIRDS

I = interviewer, D = David

I	David, we’re standing by runway 01 here at Whitsand International airport where your team is working with new system. Can you tell us what we have here?
D	Yes, sure, this is a mobile bird detection radar system designed to cover the runway here where we are at the moment. We have a horizontal radar that’s tracking bird movements four to six miles around the airport. And this is the vertical radar which covers the approach and departure corridors. This detects birds four miles out in the corridor and gives us risk levels on bird activity.
I	And what are you hoping to do?
D	The goal is to track species that pose the greatest risk to aircraft, the medium, large and flock-size category birds, and provide useable control data to the air-traffic controllers so they can more effectively manage the risk.
I	How reliable is this technology?
D	Oh, very. We can pick up a small bird out to several miles, and flocks out to eight, ten or even 12 miles. Let’s go inside and have a look.
I	So show me what this is.
D	These computers process the real-time data from the radars, and the data for bird tracks. The screen here shows us the bird activity around the airport.
I	And … er … each of these green dots on the screen is a bird?
D	Yes. Basically, it’s an air-traffic control radar for birds.
I	Is the system operational?
D	It’s used by the military, so it is already operational, but we are still testing it for use in civil aviation.
I	And what’s the timescale on this project? When do you think it’ll be ready?
D	We’re aiming for launch in …

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CARGO

AFHL = Air freight help line, C = customer

AFHL	Hello air freight. How can I help?
C	Yes, hello. I need to send a shipment of goods and I need to know the best way to pack them.
AFHL	OK. Well it will depend on the nature of the goods, but generally, the most important thing is to put them in a container.
C	Is that really necessary?
AFHL	Well, containers will protect your cargo from physical damage and from rain and will also protect your cargo from thieves, by making it more difficult to steal. We charge for containers at lower rates than uncontained cargo of the same weight, so it would be cheaper for you. Finally, containers will keep your cargo together and stop portions of it getting lost.
C	OK, that all sounds sensible. What do I need to do with regards to labeling?
AFHL	You need to label each piece in big, bold letters in two places with the name, address, and phone number of the shipper and consignee, that is, the person or company you are sending the goods to.
C	And do I need to wrap the container?
AFHL	Many of our customers bind their shipments in containers with metal bands. Use three in each direction around the piece. Use numbered seals if possible. We can provide you with these if you’d like to use them.
C	I’ve got some pretty unusual things I’d like to ship. Can you tell me what is and isn’t permitted?
AFHL	You’ll need to look at our rules for all the details. But to give you an idea, there are special procedures for articles of unusual size or length, articles of extraordinary value, art objects, hazardous materials, perishables, very fragile items, live animals and so on.
C	I see. Well actually I do have some quite valuable art pieces. What kind of special procedures do I need to go through?
AFHL	If you’ll just hold the line for one moment I’ll put toy through to someone who’ll be able to give you some more specialist advice. One moment please.
C	OK. Thanks for you help.

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