Plane ‘cuts off’ multiple aircraft at Pitt Meadows airport

A drawstring of adjacent calls astatine Pitt Meadows Regional Airport past period successful which a level trim disconnected respective different craft successful midair has raised information concerns.

It happened connected July 4, arsenic a privately-owned Cessna was flying from Langley to Pitt Meadows, according to an incident report.

“I person ne'er successful my career, ne'er successful each my years of covering aviation, seen an airplane trim 3 airplanes disconnected and origin a 4th to divert,” said aviation journalist Mark Miller.

“I’d opportunity it’s for illustration going done 3 reddish lights.”

According to nan report,  nan level flew into nan formation way of a Canadian Aviation College craft heading into a different runway.

When it was instructed to move back, it ended up cutting disconnected a Vancouver Aviation College and Monatir Aviation aircraft.

A Pacific Rim Aviation Academy level looking to onshore was besides told to time off nan area to debar nan Cessna’s “unexpected turns.”

“He was talking to nan tower, but for immoderate logic he wasn’t pursuing nan instructions, he was confused. It’s really difficult to understand what went incorrect here,” Miller said.

“Every clip they gave this feline instructions he seemed to get it incorrect and seemed to create disorder and origin different airplanes to person to return action, truthful it was very dangerous.”

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No 1 was wounded successful nan incident, though respective planes were forced to hold takeoff and six incoming planes were held distant from nan airdrome until it was safe to land.

The aviation schools affected declined to comment.

The aviator of nan Cessna has not been identified, nor person their actions been explained.

Transport Canada and nan Transportation Safety Board said they couldn’t remark without much information.