27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-10.2.1

ANALYSIS OF TWO 2005 WAKE VORTEX ENCOUNTER INCIDENTS

C. Schwarz, D. Fischenberg
DLR, Germany

Keywords: wake vortex evolution, wake vortex encounter, incident analysis

Two potential wake vortex encounter incidents (medium behind heavy) are subject to investigation (radar data, FDR data, meteo data). The wake vortex behaviour is simulated in order to estimate the closest proximity to the wake vortex indicating that a wake encounter with considerable vortex strength is likely in both cases.

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