CHINA ATC
July 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWECHINESE authorities have imposed strict new operational rules for commercial jets that are not equipped with airborne collision avoidance systems. Passenger jets without the second-generation airborne collision avoidance system, known as ACASII, will be prevented from taking off or landing between 8am and 9pm in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. They will also be obliged to fly below altitudes of 8,400 m on certain busy air routes, according to rules issued by the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).The new ...
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