Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft come within 5 seconds of mid-air collision in England

British investigators are investigating a near collision between two Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft at Sibson airfield, near Peterborough.</p> Sibson Airfield Control noticed that the aircraft were very close to each other, but the pilots of the aircraft did not realize how close they were during landing. So the controller ordered the aircraft that was higher than the other to make a go-around and continue on a new circuit. The distance between the aircraft was 5 seconds.</p> “As a result, the superior pilot’s mental model was that there were no other aircraft on final and therefore they were effectively [first in line to land],” he adds. When the lower aircraft called again that it was on final approach, the superior pilot interpreted the call to mean that this aircraft was behind them. One of the Caravan 8220s was performing a parachute jump, and after the jumps were returning for an approach to runway 8221. The other aircraft, operated by the same company, was conducting pilot training and performing a “Everyone has highlighted the dangers of conducting highly dynamic junctions at busy airfields,” the Airprox Board says. One of the measures that can be taken, and which has been raised by airfield aviators, is to stop aircraft traffic during parachute jumping to make it safer for everyone. ;</p> Source &#208; Flight Global</p></p>