Near miss ?

Rikand

Flying from Dublin to malaga yesterday evening ( thinly veiled brag) and with about 50 minutes left on our flight there was a large shudder in the plane. When I looked out the windows which I always do when the plane shakes we passed directly over a fresh contrail and then from out of that contrail the plane that made it.....

How close were we to an actual mid air collision? Does this happen regularly at 37000 feet and can we blame the striking Spanish air traffic controllers for it ?

arubex

Minimum vertical separation would be 1,000 ft. Wake turbulence is quite possible, such that on long oceanic flights aircraft are permitted some lateral 'slop' to move out of leading turbulence.

What flight number?

Rikand

arubex wrote: »

Minimum vertical separation would be 1,000 ft. Wake turbulence is quite possible, such that on long oceanic flights aircraft are permitted some lateral 'slop' to move out of leading turbulence.

What flight number?

Ryanair flight fr7046 . Departed Dublin around 5 PM. Landed in malaga at 9:05 local time

stopthepanic

This might have been the culprit

ryr tap by

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Both at 37000 feet but you passed about 12-13 km behind it.

bkehoe

Just worth clarifying, given the thread title, that this distance would not be a near miss and the separation is in excess of the minimum required in a radar controlled environment.

Rikand

bkehoe wrote: »

Just worth clarifying, given the thread title, that this distance would not be a near miss and the separation is in excess of the minimum required in a radar controlled environment.

Well that's why the question mark is in the title. It was a curiosity rather than something I was worried about. I have often noticed other planes at altitudes below me but never one that crossed in front of me lol.

Apologies if I misled anyone.

Many thanks for the reply stop, that does indeed seem like the likely scenario not sure if that's the exact culprit showing by the time stamp showing at the bottom of the screen. It was around 7 PM irish time/8 PM Spanish time when this happened. Unless I'm miss reading the timezone and if I am, then thanks again

billy few mates

Rikand wrote: »

Ryanair flight fr7046 . Departed Dublin around 5 PM. Landed in malaga at 9:05 local time

Thinly veiled bragging rights fail.....:D

stopthepanic

Rikand wrote: »

Many thanks for the reply stop, that does indeed seem like the likely scenario not sure if that's the exact culprit showing by the time stamp showing at the bottom of the screen. It was around 7 PM irish time/8 PM Spanish time when this happened. Unless I'm miss reading the timezone and if I am, then thanks again

The time stamp at the bottom is UTC, which is Irish time minus 1 hour or spanish time minus 2.

So this occurred at 1913 Irish and your flight (according to Flightradar24) landed at 2006 Irish Time. So about 50 minutes before landing, as you initially stated.

Enjoy the hols!!

Rikand

Cheers and cheers

durandal01

How long does wake turbulence last in a given spot before dissipating?

Reoil

durandal01 wrote: »

How long does wake turbulence last in a given spot before dissipating?

I would have thought a couple of minutes at cruising height/speed?
Then again, there would be many variables involved...

Bazzy

op if you contact the daily mail you will probably get a front page story

MID AIR HORROR

Tell them you feared for your life and people were screaming etc

eatmyshorts

Bazzy wrote: »

op if you contact the daily mail you will probably get a front page story

MID AIR HORROR

Tell them you feared for your life and people were screaming etc

Keywords:

Orphans
Children
Terrifying
Near death
Dead kittens
Horror
Those damned immigrants
300,000 Euro house.

Comhrá

....Keywords:

Orphans
Children
Terrifying
Near death
Dead kittens
Horror
Those damned immigrants
300,000 Euro house....

......and 30,000 ft, it's always FL300 for some reason.

eatmyshorts

tippman1 wrote: »

......and 30,000 ft, it's always FL300 for some reason.

The death zone