Planes regularly get too close to each other, safety study finds

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PLANES in Australian airspace breach separation standards and get too close to each other on average once every three days, a new study has found.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau looked at separation infringements - sometimes portrayed by media as so-called “near misses” - over five years and found that there are about 100 events a year.

But it said there was no or low risk of aircraft colliding in about 90 per cent of cases.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/planes-regularly-get-too-close-to-each-other-safety-study-finds/story-e6frg95x-1226742245614

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Why ? Is it due to poor ATC or outdated ATC equipment ?

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Why ? Is it due to poor ATC or outdated ATC equipment ?

"The study found about half the separation problems were caused by air traffic controllers and the rest were due to pilot error."