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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Runway hazard system trialled

Runway hazard system trialled

The piece of aluminum is tiny, about the size and width of a 30-centimetre school ruler. But a metal repair strip just like it, which had fallen offer an earlier flight, contributed to the July 2000 Concorde crash in Paris which killed 133.

QinetiQ Airport Radar's Tarsier system, a new debris detecting system for airport runways.


 
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