The majority of these alarming incidents came from collision warning systems, which ask commercial pilots to change course immediately when a risk is detected. Plus there's a lack of radio technology among private pilots, but also commercial pilots who, due to time pressure, take shortcuts through airspaces shared with glider pilots. These close calls occur repeatedly in the so-called mixed airspace, a zone used by large and small aircraft, in the wider vicinity of commercial airports. Photo: DPADue to a lack of technical equipment, the glider could neither be detected by the Lufthansa aircraft nor by the air traffic controller on the radar. "I am surprised that nothing has happened yet, because we have enough reports where it's been very close, where aircraft just happened to fly past each other.

Source: The Local December 11, 2019 09:33 UTC