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For anyone interested, there are several great youtube videos[1-4] that show the wakes (the wingtip vortices in particular) created by various aircraft.

This incident brings the Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM)[5] into question. Strategic Lateral Offset Procedure (SLOP)[6] can be used used to avoid such incidents.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1ESmvyAmOs

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfY5ZQDzC5s

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy0hgG2pkUs

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlv16ETueU

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_vertical_separation_mi...

[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lateral_offset_proce...

parent phumbe 9 years ago

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