Near miss from space junk.

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=24657

Flaming space junk narrowly misses jet

28th March 2007, 11:15 WST


Pieces of space junk from a Russian satellite coming out of orbit narrowly
missed hitting a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean overnight.


The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between Santiago,
Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic controllers at
Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk hurtling across the
sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his plane about 10pm
last night.

According to a plane spotter, who was tuning into a high frequency radio
broadcast at the time, the pilot "reported that the rumbling noise from the
space debris could be heard over the noise of the aircraft.

More at link above.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:


The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between
Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic
controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk
hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his
plane about 10pm last night.

How did he see stuff behind him?

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:
The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between
Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic
controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk
hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his
plane about 10pm last night.

"Dan Luke" wrote:
How did he see stuff behind him?

In his rear view mirror, of course!
;-)

Rear view mirror?

Dan Luke wrote:

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:



The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between
Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic
controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk
hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his
plane about 10pm last night.



How did he see stuff behind him?




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For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

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"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
How did he see stuff behind him?

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Would it have come up on TCAS?
Crash Lander

On 2007-03-28, Crash Lander wrote:
Would it have come up on TCAS?
Crash Lander

Only if they fitted a transponder to the space junk!

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Dylan Smith wrote:

On 2007-03-28, Crash Lander wrote:
Would it have come up on TCAS?
Crash Lander

Only if they fitted a transponder to the space junk!

OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar. You
learn something everyday! ;-)

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But I'm never wrong.

Oz Lander writes:

OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar.

TCAS I (the kind often used on small aircraft) reads Mode C replies from other
transponders and builds a picture of the airspace from that, with moderate
accuracy. TCAS II (the kind mandated on large aircraft) also listens to other
TCAS systems to build a much more accurate picture of the airspace (if lots of
other aircraft are similarly equipped).

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Crash Lander wrote:
"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
How did he see stuff behind him?

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Would it have come up on TCAS?
Crash Lander


Not unless they've started putting transponders on the space junk.

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:52:49 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
:

Pieces of space junk from a Russian satellite coming out of orbit narrowly
missed hitting a jetliner over the Pacific Ocean overnight.

So would the Russians been culpable for downing the Chilean airliner
if their "Russian Roulette" flight had been impacted by the Russian
space debris?