Passenger Plane Seconds From Disaster At Barcelona Airport
A second disaster: Dramatic moment two planes almost collide on the runway at Barcelona airport caught on video.
Boeing 767 and Airbus A340 were seconds from disaster in Spain.
Airbus rolled through the path of the jet as it approached to land at El Prat
Boeing Pilot forced to perform emergency "go-around procedure '
The dramatic moment two planes nearly collided on a runway in Barcelona has been caught on camera.
The images reveal a near miss between a Boeing 767 and Utair Russian airline Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340 at the airport of El Prat in Spain.
Shows Boeing into land on the runway, making its final approach, such as Airbus, preparing for a flight to Buenos Aires, taxis all the way.
The Boeing was forced to abort the landing, the pilot carried out a process of "go-around" emergency.
The plane, which had traveled from Russia, landed shortly after.
The incident of attack, which took place on Saturday, was caught on camera by Michelangelo, who posted the video on YouTube, where it has been viewed over 1 million times.
Angel, who has published hundreds of videos online tickets, said watching the almost-was "one of the worst experiences I've ever had."
He explained: "A UTair Boeing 767-300 (VQ-BSX) inbound from Moscow as UT5187 and Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340-300 (LV-FPV) were involved in what could be the biggest disaster of Barcelona Airport.
'The Utair 767 was about to land on runway 02, while the Argentine was crossing the track.
'By the time the Russian pilots Argentinas view (they were shooting at point RW25R waiting for takeoff) on the track while on final approach, they did their best to make a stunning and close to all.
'After the incident that the plane landed safely on runway 02, and took off Argentinas Buenos Aires. "[sic]
Captain John Holmes, flight training manager at Ansett Aviation Training www.smh.com.au said were three possible explanations for the error.
'Instructions for the A340 were possibly misinterpreted by the master, or may be you have not heard or recognized instructions, or may have been any instruction issued from the control tower, he said.
Spanish Airports and Air Navigation (AENA), bosy charge of public airports in Spain, issued a statement saying that there was no risk of collision because there was not enough to carry out a landing space between the two planes.
