Tune into this short video from a flight we took from Manchester (EGCC) to Dublin (EIDW). During this flight I was pilot monitoring, and we were busy preparing for an arrival to Dublin. Sadly there was no ATC coverage on this particular arrival. Operating on unicom can be a challenge, but the Irish sea airspace was mostly quiet this evening. We had seen another Ryanair 737-800 above 30,000ft earlier in our flight.
Just before we commenced our own descent into Dublin, we received a TCAS alert. Checking the map I quickly found out this aircrafts callsign and attempted to call to enquire about their arrival into Dublin; as I did this we were given a "Climb" command from TCAS and averted the collision. We delayed our decision to respond to the resolution advisory and as a result almost collided with the other aircraft. When I was making a second call to the other Ryanair to enquire about their arrival, I spotted the airframe and exclaimed to the pilot flying to begin climbing. This was a learning experience for us both, and a reminder to always “aviate, navigate, communicate”. Here I think we did this backwards.
We continued our approach into Dublin via the BAGS3L arrival; we initially decided to take up a holding pattern at KIRAV, but thanks to the other Ryanair making some directs we were able to continue the approach as normal.
Our key points from this video are to in future following TCAS instructions immediately and even on Unicom ensure we listen out for aircraft deviating from their current altitude, and be aware of the surroundings at all time.
We hope you enjoyed this video. Want to see how we fly in a shared cockpit setup? Check out our YourControls tutorials on our channel.
Негізгі бет WE ALMOST CRASHED ON VATSIM! What were we thinking?!
No video
Пікірлер: 36