On the occasions I’ve been into Elstree (some time back) approaches were a long drag in from ‘Golf Course’ for 26 and ‘Canal Bend’ for 08.
Circuits were resticted to a couple of home based outfits, one of which has gone away.
Oh, and no ‘overhead joins’.
The aircraft tracking east to west was outside the ATZ, and both aircraft had transponders and, allegedly, both were using them.
Does anyone know at which altitude the midair happened?
The use of transponders by both aircraft is no safe guard unless at least one of them had a service from a radar unit – or at least one of them was carrying a light aircraft TCAS system.
If the east west aircraft was outside the ATZ when the incident happened then the other aircraft must also have been outside the ATZ as well, even if it was about to leave or enter it.
