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1948
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NOVEMBER 4TH, 1948 FLIGHT 339 licences and loading of the aircraft were in order, but the Journey Log Book had not been maintained in accordance with instructions, neither had communica- tion with Northern Area Control been • established as instructed. Communica- tion with Speke Aerodrome Control was not established on R/T for reasons which could not be attributed to the ground station, and no use was made of the Speke MF landing approach beacon. The captain had not reported reaching 2,000 feet, as instructed, and had re- duced height to low level without noti- fication or instruction. Also, he did not establish his position at the time of ask- ing for landing instructions, neither had he indicated that he was unaware of his approximate position. The Inspector considered that in view of the failure of the aircraft to report that it was 2,000 feet as instructed, and having regard to its signalled ETA, the Controller should have asked for the aircraft's position . and new ETA before complying with the request for landing instructions. The landing instructions signalled were not in accordance with the latest instruc- tions, also the group QHG was corrupt in that it was not implemented by a height, and the addition of the extraneous group QFM 1,000 was necessary owing to the omission in the QHG group. The collec- tive meaning of the message was not, however, misleading. When at 1632 :. hours the landing instructions signal was passed, the aircraft was already flying at a very low height. The fact that these instructions were given by the Controller without requesting the. aircraft's position had, therefore, no bearing on the accident. The Inspector of Accidents concluded that the accident was caused by the Captain's disregard of the Controller's instruc- tions to enter the Zone and to report when he had reached 2,000ft, his failure to make use of the available navigation aids, and his attempt to locate the airfield by low-level flying during conditions of bad visibility. NEW PERUVIAN TERMINAL A B.S.A.A. aircraft was the first to use the new LimatamboAirport terminal building at Lima, Peru. The terminal was built under the anspices of the Government-controlledCorporacion de Aeropuertos y Avacion Comercial (CORPAC) and was opened by the President of Peru last month. It isa five-storey reinforced concrete building, the main features of vhit.li include .1 IIKUII central lobbv 111 w I111 h all major airlines AFRICAN INTEREST: Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Meredith, Chairman of Central African Airways, flew in the Airspeed Ambassador during a recent visit to this country. He and the Chief Pilot of C.A.A., Capt. Downing (right), who flew the aircraft, are seen here with Mr. G. 6. S. Errington, left, the Airspeed Chief Test Pilot. operating from Peru have ticket counters. Around it there aresix passenger waiting rooms, a large restaurant, lounge and cafeteria. There is also a gallery of shops, two banks and theusual accommodation for customs, immigration, health and police. The basement of this building has been designed forthe Post Office, and for the storage of freight and baggage for the operators. Air Traffic Control is on the third floor andthe airfield side of the control tower is of glass to give an unrestricted view of flying. On the same floor is the Meteoro-logical Department with up-to-date facilities for weather fore- casting. The first radio teletype to be used in South Americawill eventually be installed in the Communications Centre which will also include equipment for voice communications,and continuous wave transmission. Also in the terminal build- ing are offices for CORPAC and ICAO and all operators using theairport. There is also sleeping accommodation for twelve pilots. There are so far only two runways at the Airport butfuture plans include a third about 3,000 yards long especially for the installation of the" Instrument Landing System butwhich will, of couist*, be ust d tor normal operations BREVITIES THC Pacific-Alaska Division ol Part Ameiicjn Airways car-ried 13,290 passengers in August and 10,694 in July this year. •:.•_-.• -.:•••..','[ _". * *••»•' Indian National Airways, Ltd., have started a daily morn- ing service between Delhi and Lahore returning before lunch. An afternoon service will operate three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. * * * It is understood that a suitable site for a new airport is to be selected in the neighbourhood of the Finnish town, Uleaborg. Sites at Kello, Kuivasjarvi and Oulunsalo are being inspected and it is possible that construction will be commenced at an early date. » # *The D.N.L. Northern Norway route closed for the winter on October 21st. During the six months' operation, whichstarted on April 19th this year, 23,000 passengers have been flown on that route. During 1947 D.N.L. carried about100,000 passengers on both inland and foreign routes. * * *A uew freight service has been opened by Aer Lingus on the Dublin-Glasgow route. Such a service has not been previouslypossible owing to lack of freight Customs clearance facilities at Renfrew. Although freight space in passenger aircraft willbe used in the initial stages, it is probable that special. freighters will eventually be employed. B 15 Capt. P. G. Tajlor, MC , G M , who was associated withthe late Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith on several of his flights has been appointed a director of Trans-Oceanic Airways, Ltd.* * * Between January 15th and October 2nd this year American Overseas Airways carried 20,377 westbound and 13,938 east- bound passengers. * * • Hall's International Aviation Bureau, Ltd., has amal- gamated with Aircraft and Engineering Services, Ltd., at Croydon. Airport. Both companies will continue to operate individually, the Bureau with travel agency offices in London and at Croydon, and Aircraft and Engineering Services, Ltd., with its sales, maintenance and repair organization at Croydon. * * * Sir George Cribbett, deputy secretary to the Ministry of CivilAviation, has been nominated by Lord Pakenham to be asso- ciated with B.O.A.C. in the overhaul of that Corporation'sorganization. Mr. T. F. Bird, head of the Economic and Engineering Division of the Ministry, has been nominated fora similar association with B.E.A. in conjunction with Pro- duction Engineering, Ltd. As previously announced in Flight,the executive responsibility lor B.O.A.C.'s reorganization has been assumed by Sir Miles Thomas. It is understood thatthese arrangements have been made in agreement with the Corporations and in the exercise of the Minister's ultimateresponsibility for the whole field of civil aviation, and further
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