The incident deeply affected airport controllers at Nice airport. September 21 around 11:30 p.m., two planes almost crashed at the nice airport; A device from the Tunisian company Nouvelair in Landing has approached another EasyJet device that was already on the runway at the same time and was preparing to take off.
The preliminary report from the BEA, the Office of Investigations and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety, has no outpatients: Nouvelair’s aircraft was preparing to land on a bad runway. “The TS-INP team (the Nouvellair A320, editor’s note) is authorized to land on runway 04L, but lines up on runway 04R occupied by the OE-IJZ (the EasyJet A320) lined up and ready to take off. It approaches runway 04R to fly over the OE-IJZ which then aborts its landing,” Can Read.
Pointed the finger by Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, the air controllers expressed their fed up. Generally subject to the duty of reserve, one of them, indirect testimony of the incident, confided anonymously to France 3 and highlights new elements.
“My colleagues reacted a lot”
First he confirms that his colleagues have given the correct information to the pilot of the Tunisian plane, with clearance for runway 04L. Very quickly, the track alarm, a “visual and sound, available to control” system, sounds. The pilot is warned, in the Control Tower, he confirms that he is aiming for the left runway, but in reality he is heading for the correct runway.
However, the Sky Needleman does not place full responsibility for the incident on the Nouvelair pilot. “Pilots have been complaining for over 6 months with a difference in light intensity in marking nice tracks,” he reveals. Which creates confusion, he emphasizes.
According to him, “this kind of confusion has already taken place” at Nice airport, “in the other direction, two months ago,” he said.
On the other hand, the controller disputes one of the elements presented by the Tunisian company, namely the difficult weather conditions and low visibility, “which is not true,” he says.
Remember that the Nice prosecutor announced on Monday, September 22, the opening of a investigation To “endanger the lives of others”, entrusted to the Gendarmerie Air Transport Brigade (GTA). The Directorate of the Air Navigation Service carries out another internal survey.
Source: BFM TV
