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Date: October 09, 2013 at 22:05:27
From: Polly.AZ, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Another plane crash in Sedona |
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Sedona has a small airport on top of Airport Mesa and the runway is not very long and a sheer drop off at both ends. Yesterday (Oct 8th) we had another small plane with two passangers drop off the end of the runway and slide 200 feet down the cliff. Both were injured slightly, but survived. There is no tower at this airport so it is "fly at your own risk". It seems that we have anywhere from 1 to 3 of these a year and some have not been so lucky.
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Date: October 11, 2013 at 09:37:47
From: Bill Silver Eagle, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: There is no tower at this airport |
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A non-towered airport, sometimes inaccurately referred to as an uncontrolled airport, is an airport with no operating tower, or air traffic control unit. The vast majority of the world's airports are non-towered, and even airports with control towers may operate as non-towered during off-hours, typically during the night.
At non-towered airports, instead of receiving instructions from a tower controller, pilots follow recommended procedures. The exact procedures vary from country to country, but they often involve standard arrival and departure patterns, and they may also include radio calls over a common frequency, such as a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Having a control tower doesn't mean an airport is safe.
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