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The air traffic control room at Ben-Gurion International Airport. (Archives) Last update - 19:09 01/02/2008 Turkish Airlines jet and Israir plane in near collision at Ben-Gurion By Zohar Blumenkrantz, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Turkey, Israel, airport  A Turkish passenger airliner nearly collided Friday morning with an Israir jet in the skies over Ben-Gurion International Airport. A senior aviation official told Haaretz that the near-hit was extremely dangerous, and that alert systems had warned the planes were perilously close and could potentially collide. T Advertisement he Israir jet, which was practicing landing, was apparently authorized by air traffic control to begin his approach. The order was given despite the fact that the Turkish Airlines airplane was approaching behind the Israir jet at a distance that did not meet safety standards, The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has established a committee to investigate the incident. "An initial inquiry points to misjudgment on the part of the air traffic controller," said the IAA. "The controller immediately realized his mistake, and took the necessary steps in order to bring both planes in safely." "In accordance with Ben-Gurion International Airport regulations, following the incident, the controller was replaced," the IAA added. Related articles: Israeli, Italian passenger planes in near collision at B-G airport Mofaz orders disciplinary hearings into Ben-Gurion near-collision Study: Infrastructure neglect at Ben Gurion poses safety risk Bookmark to del.icio.us   Blogging against bias Online activists look to counter anti-Israel bias by posting 'bad news blogs' from other states. Gaza divides U.K. Jews A group of Jewish activists says Israeli policy in Gaza violates international law.   1.   air colission 16:07  |  edy burak 01/02/08   2.   Ben gurion AP 16:34  |  T 01/02/08   3.   BEN GURION AIRPORT 18:56  |  YAAKOV 01/02/08   4.   It`s not a "near miss". It`s a NEAR HIT ! 19:03  |  MIKE 01/02/08   5.   I See That You Took My Advice and Corrected Your Error 21:06  |  MIKE 01/02/08   6.   Mike_That Is Funny! You Are Very Observant. I overlooked That 03:46  |  Eli 02/02/08   7.   Israir sucks 07:11  |  L A 02/02/08   8.   turkish airplane 07:50  |  American 02/02/08   9.   Turkish jihadists...and the rest? 09:31  |  Palestinian Brit 02/02/08   10.   Talking Down the Planes -CLARITY OF SPEECH. 11:17  |  dangalil 02/02/08   11.   bla bla balme it on al qaeda again bla bla 14:34  |  magic carpet 02/02/08

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