IIRC, there was another light plane in the pattern and the airline crew
saw it and called "Tally ho".Â* I don't recall all of the communications,
but I'd bet that the tower then said, "Maintain visual separation" and
everyone got complacent.

On 5/5/2018 10:26 AM, BobW wrote:
On Monday, 25 Sep, 1978, a B-727 crashed in San Diego following a
collision
Â*with a Cessna 172.Â* To my knowledge 172s are still flying.

No one is listening to our "safety blather", but the first mid-air
between a glider and a commercial jet will definitely curtail our
sport.



And just for the possible edification of some (younger? non-U.S.?) RAS
readers, the San Diego mid-air led to the imposition of 'Terminal
Control Areas' around 'busy U.S. airports.' It was also - and likely
is still - routinely misreported as 'Cessna crashes into airliner'
when in fact the very opposite was true, despite both planes being in
contact with San Diego A/P radio and identified to/in both cockpits as
being in potential flight-path-crossing conflict. IMHO, a classic
example of complacency combined with the limitations of both 'see and
avoid' and technology-assisted collision avoidance.

Much as everyone today seems to wish for it, 'risk-free perfection' in
the skies is an oxymoronic concept. And, no, the preceding assertion
should *not* be assumed my 'comprehensive, philosophic, elevator
opinion' regarding concept(s) involving technology-assists in the
collision-avoidance field...

Bob W.

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