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Re: wrong longitude causes aircraft incident
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2008 Jun 21, 14:12 -0400
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2008 Jun 21, 14:12 -0400
Paul Hirose wrote: >A recent incident at London Heathrow Airport began when the crew of a >Polish airliner entered east longitude instead of west when aligning >their 737's inertial reference systems. > This is a mistake which is more likely to happen at Heathrow than anywhere else in the world. It could be used as argument for counting longitude in one direction from 0 to 360. Herbert Prinz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
