Posted on 12/20/2016 5:35:59 PM PST by BenLurkin
he EVA Airways Boeing 777 bound for Taipei, Taiwan, flew north instead of south after departing from LAX early Friday morning, according to the FAA’s Ian Gregor.
“At the time, aircraft were departing from LAX to the east,” Gregor said, adding that the EVA flight departed from the airport’s south runway complex.
The 777’s flight crew switched from the LAX control tower to the approach control in San Diego right after takeoff, Gregor said.
“The air-traffic controller at the approach control who was handling EVA instructed the pilot to make a left turn to a 180-degree heading,” Gregor said.
“She meant to tell the pilot to make a right turn to a 180-degree heading. The pilot turned to the left. The controller quickly realized EVA was turning in the wrong direction. She took immediate action to keep EVA safely separated from an Air Canada jet that had departed LAX off the north runway complex.”
“The controller then turned her attention to getting EVA to turn south,” Gregor said.
The plane turned low over an Altadena neighborhood, startling a homeowner who said it tossed her from her bed.
“The controller issued the EVA pilot a series of instructions to get him to turn south. The controller wanted to make sure the EVA aircraft was safely above or away from nearby terrain.”
The plane was heading dangerously close to the San Gabriel Mountains and was far below the summit of Mount Wilson at 5,700 feet. With moments to spare, pilot changed course and headed back toward the ocean.
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A 180 heading after turning left from the 7s at LAX would be a complete circle..
That controller will feel repercussions for that I’m sure. A simple mistake for sure, but a potential catastrophic one as well.
well, 3/4 circle..
But i noticed that problem in the report as well.
Actually half a circle.
Yeah, I see that now..
It’s the pilot’s responsibility to clarify the controller directions. The pilot of EVA would have to be a mindless robot to accept that vector after taking off from the south complex, a vector taking him directly into the path of the north complex and toward terrain higher than his climb rate.
The pilot isn’t a slave of the controller.
That is some nasty jet wash, must have been REALLY low..........
Controllers career is over
One word jumped out at me from that narrative: SHE. Just old male chauvinist pig.....me.
I will agree with you there. He too should face repercussions as well. Not being a pilot I don’t really know if there is a protocol in place, but what you say sounds logical and should be something a pilot should be able to do. Question the controller. Of course we don’t know if he did and it just wasn’t reported in this article.
Awful writing, which is apparently the norm, and acceptable these days.
Exactly.
I used to hear her voice scanning ATC channels, sounded nasty. She was gone after that, of course.
It’s not the first time - it happened to Columbus, too.
This person is a liar.
It takes at least a 6 earth quake to toss you out of bed and there is no way a jumbo jet produces more vibration then a 6 earthquake.
If it did there would have been a line of destruction every place the plane fly.
There is no such line.
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