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The countrys airspace is increasingly becoming unsafe as the radar system currently being used to cover the Pakistan airspace brought almost 40 commercial flights on a collision course during 2007.
It was the sheer luck coupled with timely application of senses on the part of pilots and the air traffic controllers that on 20 occasions, these 40 flights were prevented from colliding in the skies, an event which in aviation jargon is known as an Air Miss.
Official spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Pervez George, however, claimed that the airspace of the country was completely safe though the CAA was considering upgrading the existing system or totally replacing it with a new one.
We are considering the financial factor and cost-effectiveness of the proposal to determine how much each option would cost George maintained. But the spokesman conceded: The CAA will opt for a new system only if upgrading of the existing system is not workable for 15 years.
Confidential documents available on the issue revealed that on time performance and in-flight safety were suffering and the potential for a catastrophic accident will continue to persist since the number of Air Miss (near collisions) had increased from just three in 2006 to 20 in 2007.
The Air Navigation Services
It was the sheer luck coupled with timely application of senses on the part of pilots and the air traffic controllers that on 20 occasions, these 40 flights were prevented from colliding in the skies, an event which in aviation jargon is known as an Air Miss.
Official spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Pervez George, however, claimed that the airspace of the country was completely safe though the CAA was considering upgrading the existing system or totally replacing it with a new one.
We are considering the financial factor and cost-effectiveness of the proposal to determine how much each option would cost George maintained. But the spokesman conceded: The CAA will opt for a new system only if upgrading of the existing system is not workable for 15 years.
Confidential documents available on the issue revealed that on time performance and in-flight safety were suffering and the potential for a catastrophic accident will continue to persist since the number of Air Miss (near collisions) had increased from just three in 2006 to 20 in 2007.
The Air Navigation Services
