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MoD urged to fit anti-collision system to RAF jets (U.K.)


Typhoon

An anti-collision system is being developed for the Typhoon, the MoD says

Typhoon fighter jets should be fitted with collision warning devices to avoid a "catastrophic" mid-air crash, the UK's military aviation watchdog has warned the Ministry of Defence.

The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) said a crash between a Typhoon and a commercial jet was "improbable" but could cause "substantial loss of life".

Collision avoidance systems should be installed "with full haste", it said.

The Ministry of Defence said programmes to fit the systems had begun.

The MAA's advice follows a critical report issued last year into a mid-air collision between two RAF Tornados over the Moray Firth, off the coast of Caithness.