CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY: Risk of mid-air collision re reaches all-time low.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 September 1999-CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY: Risk of mid-air collision reaches all-time low (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:150999 The number of risk-bearing airprox incidents fell to an all-time low during 1998, the new United Kingdom Airprox Board (UKAB) reports today.

For the first time, assessments of all airprox incidents involving commercial air transport, general aviation and military operations, filed by both pilots and air traffic controllers, have been published in one report by an independent body. It shows that in 1998, the number of risk-bearing airprox incidents involving public transport flights per 100,000 flying hours was 1.20, compared with 2.3 7 in 1997 and 2.87 in 1996. The report also reveals that the total...