4 Safety Recommendations

During the course of the investigation the following safety recommendations were

made:

4.1 The Ministry of Defence should take note of the CAA follow up actions on Recommendation 94-15 with a view to assessing their applicability to

those Government Aerodromes having a significant number of

movements by civil aircraft and military aircraft with similar

characteristics, which are adjacent to public areas such as major roads or railways. [Recommendation 96-67 made on 2 October 1996]

4.2 The Ministry of Defence should consider harmonising its ATC procedures

with those laid down in the Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1 as published by the CAA. This should be done to avoid the use of non-ICAO phraseology and procedures when controlling civilian air

traffic at RAF airfields. [Recommendation 97-8]

4.3 The Ministry of Defence, in the light of the total number of movements at the airfield and its close proximity to densely populated areas, should give further consideration to the installation of an ILS/DME system at RAF

Northolt. [Recommendation 97-9]

4.4 The Spanish Direcci6n General de Aviaci6n Civil should begin to implement the planned requirements for CRM training, in accordance with

the ICAO guidance, as soon as possible and in advance of the adoption of

the CRM training requirements of JAR OPS. [Recommendation 97-10]

R StJ Whidborne Inspector of Air Accidents

June 1997

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