BEA Cites Controllers’ Surface Radar Use, Methods In Runway Incident

Lyon airport

Lyon-Saint Exupery airport

Credit: Vinci Airports
LYON—As an Air Algérie-operated Boeing 737-800 was landing at Lyon Saint Exupéry airport in September 2002, a KLM Embraer E175 was taking off, creating an unsafe loss of separation that the airport’s air traffic controllers could have avoided with better procedures, training and use of the surface...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.  

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