12.02.10
Air traffic controllers at Manchester Airport have changed the instructions they give to pilots after confusion saw two taxiing planes collide in 18 months. All four aircraft involved in the collisions in 2007 and 2008 were damaged, but none of the 468 passengers onboard were hurt.
The Spanish pilot of the Boeing 737, which struck the tail of a passing plane, said the words ‘give way’ had confused him. A report by the UK Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) prompted the airport to withdraw the term, instead air traffic controllers now use the phrase 'hold position’.
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