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WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES?

WHAT FACTORS..?

IF YOU HAD... WHAT WOULD

YOU DO?

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An Onur Air Airbus A321-200, registration TC-OAI performing flight 8Q-749 from Antalya (Turkey) to Dublin (Ireland), was en-route at FL320 overhead Prague (Czech Republic) when Air Traffic Control lost communication with the aircraft. The airplane continued across Czech and Germany and was about to enter Dutch Airspace 40 minutes later when communication was restored by the crew who explained the loss of communication was due to an error. The airplane continued to Dublin for a safe landing about 2 hours after the communication was lost. The return flight 8Q-750 departed Dublin with a delay of 90 minutes. Netherland's Ministry of Defense reported, that two F-16 fighter aircraft had already been launched to intercept the aircraft at the Dutch border when communication with the aircraft was restored prior to the fighters reaching the flight. The fighters returned to their base at Volkel Air Base (Netherlands). The airplane was without radio contact from Prague to the Dutch border. http://www.PILOTSFLUENCY.com

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1. When did the Air Traffic Control lose communications with the aircraft?

2. When communication was restored? 3. What explanation was given by the crew concerning to

the incident? 4. How long did it take until the acft reached Dublin? 5. How long was the delay of the return flight? 6. What did the Minister of Defense report?

Loss of communication incidents usually occurs in one of three circumstances: *Radio Interference; *Mis-management of communications equipment or mis-application of prescribed procedures; or, *Malfunction of communications equipment Loss of communication may be transitory or prolonged. It most often occurs because of inadvertent mis-management of aircraft equipment by flight crew.

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1. Have you ever copied a frequency incorrectly? If so, how did you handle the situation?

2. What factors might affect R/T communications? 3. What is the procedure in case of blocked transmission or radio interference? 4. Describe a communication equipment problem that might lead to COMM LOSS.

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