Typhoon Jets could smash into Airliners because £120 Mi fighter has not been fitted with Key Piece of Equipment, RAF Chief Pilot Warns
Typhoon Jets could smash into Airliners because £120 Mi fighter has not been fitted with Key Piece of Equipment, RAF Chief Pilot Warns
Head of RAF has warned that Typhoon Jets could Crash into Airliner planes
Any such incident would result in a massive and 'catastrophic' loss of life
Report said collision avoidance system must be fitted 'with full haste'
Watchdog found absence of key piece of equipment is 'unsustainable'
MoD says work is underway to have a system developed for Typhoons
The MAA said that the failure to fit a collision avoidance system to Typhoon Jets Aircraft was 'unsustainable' and must be pursued 'with full haste'.
In his annual report into Air safety, the director general of the MAA, Air Marshal Richard Garwood, said anti-collision software should also be fitted to the new F35 fighter.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford (AeroSoft News) has warned of the dangers of the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is not fitted with an collision warning system
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford (AeroSoft News) has warned of the dangers of the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is not fitted with an collision warning system
AM Garwood said there were 'well documented failings over the fitment of an Airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS) to Tornado GR4'.
He added: 'In the worst case, which is judged improbable but catastrophic, a Typhoon colliding with commercial Air traffic could result in severe consequences for the MoD because of the likely substantial third party loss of life.'
Such a Crash, he warned, could result in more than 50 deaths, and 'would have adverse repercussions for the institution responsible, in this case the government of the day'.
The report says the majority of mid-Air collisions involving UK Military Aircraft have taken place below 3,000ft, and with RAF Aircraft now spending more time at a medium level than they did previously, there is an increasing likelihood of a fast-Jet conflict with commercial Air traffic.
The report goes on to state that in the annual UK AirProx Board report in 2013, it detailed 14 incidents ranging from four Class B (safety not assured) to one Class A risk of collision.
AM Garwood said: 'The provision of an ACAS to Typhoon is an important issue for Defence.
'Ultimately, the Typhoon will be in service for many years, and if the MoD elects not to fit an ACAS, the decision will need to be well documented and the risk held at the highest levels of defence.'
An MoD spokesman said: 'The department has welcomed the MAA's report, and is acting upon its comments and recommendations.
'Air safety is at the core of all our aviation activity and we take very seriously our obligations to our people and the wider community to ensure that our activities are both as safe as reasonably practicable and comply with relevant policy and legislation.'
The MoD said a collision avoidance system was being fitted to the Tornado GR4, the type of Aircraft involved in the Crash over the Moray Firth in 2012.
Three crewmen died in the incident off the Caithness coast in Aircraft flown out of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.
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Head of RAF has warned that Typhoon Jets could Crash into Airliner planes
Any such incident would result in a massive and 'catastrophic' loss of life
Report said collision avoidance system must be fitted 'with full haste'
Watchdog found absence of key piece of equipment is 'unsustainable'
MoD says work is underway to have a system developed for Typhoons
The MAA said that the failure to fit a collision avoidance system to Typhoon Jets Aircraft was 'unsustainable' and must be pursued 'with full haste'.
In his annual report into Air safety, the director general of the MAA, Air Marshal Richard Garwood, said anti-collision software should also be fitted to the new F35 fighter.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford (AeroSoft News) has warned of the dangers of the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is not fitted with an collision warning system
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford (AeroSoft News) has warned of the dangers of the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is not fitted with an collision warning system
AM Garwood said there were 'well documented failings over the fitment of an Airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS) to Tornado GR4'.
He added: 'In the worst case, which is judged improbable but catastrophic, a Typhoon colliding with commercial Air traffic could result in severe consequences for the MoD because of the likely substantial third party loss of life.'
Such a Crash, he warned, could result in more than 50 deaths, and 'would have adverse repercussions for the institution responsible, in this case the government of the day'.
The report says the majority of mid-Air collisions involving UK Military Aircraft have taken place below 3,000ft, and with RAF Aircraft now spending more time at a medium level than they did previously, there is an increasing likelihood of a fast-Jet conflict with commercial Air traffic.
The report goes on to state that in the annual UK AirProx Board report in 2013, it detailed 14 incidents ranging from four Class B (safety not assured) to one Class A risk of collision.
AM Garwood said: 'The provision of an ACAS to Typhoon is an important issue for Defence.
'Ultimately, the Typhoon will be in service for many years, and if the MoD elects not to fit an ACAS, the decision will need to be well documented and the risk held at the highest levels of defence.'
An MoD spokesman said: 'The department has welcomed the MAA's report, and is acting upon its comments and recommendations.
'Air safety is at the core of all our aviation activity and we take very seriously our obligations to our people and the wider community to ensure that our activities are both as safe as reasonably practicable and comply with relevant policy and legislation.'
The MoD said a collision avoidance system was being fitted to the Tornado GR4, the type of Aircraft involved in the Crash over the Moray Firth in 2012.
Three crewmen died in the incident off the Caithness coast in Aircraft flown out of RAF Lossiemouth in Moray.
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