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Offline BWilliams

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Re: JFK Near Miss
« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2007, 08:55:11 PM »
In my non-pilot opinion, it really doesn't sound like it was a HUGE deal just from the clip.  Any idea of the actual separation at their closest? 

From what I hear, tower was just trying to give Eagle an idea of what was around them, and when the Eagle started to go around, it sounded more like the controller was just worried what the planes were going to do. 

Hazardous and nerve-wracking, yes, but not not an IMMEDIATE danger. 

Offline digger

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Re: JFK Near Miss
« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2007, 09:45:17 PM »
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Third, why did the EGF go around?  If Eagle was landing on 22L, the go around from 13L would be well overhead.  Wake turbulence would not be an issue unless the EGF were to go around into the wake.

It's hard to know exactly how it looked to Eagle flight.  Had Eva Air landed, they'd almost certainly have passed above the wake, but where might that wake have been since the 747 was going around? If you think about, they were low, slow, and all dirtied up for landing. That's probably the last place you'd want to encounter the wake from a 747...

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Re: JFK Near Miss
« Reply #27 on: December 16, 2007, 05:46:38 PM »
Meanwhile, back at the FAA...