TNAG-0932-FCO40-1151-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1980 — Page 83

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FM HONG KONG 1709502 MARCH 80

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 401 OF 17 MARCH

INFO PRIORITY PEKING UKREP ICAO MONTREAL

CAAC NOTAM 19/AMBER ONE.

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OUR CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF A LETTER DATED 27 FEBRUARY FROM FLIGHT OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT GENERAL

ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AVIATION OF CHINA TO MR YVES LAMBERT, SECRETARY OF ICAO. THE LETTER HAS ALSO BEEN COPIED TO FAR EAST

AND PACIFIC OFFICE OF ICAO.

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2. THE TEXT OF THE LETTER, MINUS THE FORMAL OPENING AND CONCLUSION,

READS:

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FROM 6 TO 25 JANUARY 1980, 43 FOREIGN AIRCRAFT OPERATING ALONG THE ROUTE SEGMENT FROM DANANG TO HONG KONG DEVIATED 43 TIMES

NTO THE AIRSPACE OF CHINA'S XISHA ISLANDS. SOME AIRCRAFT EVEN TRAVERSED THE DANGER AREAS DURING THE HOURS WHEN THEY WERE ACTIVE (FOR DETAILS, SEE THE ATTACHMENT) THUS CONSTITUING GRAVE THREAT TO FLIGHT SAFETY, YOU ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO NOFITY THE

APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES TO TAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO GUARD

AGAINST SIMILAR OCCURRENCES FOR THE SAKE OF FLIGHT SAFETY.

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3. THE ATTACHMENT TO THE LETTER IS A LIST ENTITLED ''DEVIATIONS

OF FOREIGN AIRCRAFT INTO THE AIRSPACE OF CHINA'S XISHA ISLANDS''.

IT GIVES DATE, TIME, PERIOD, WIDTH AND DEPTH OF 44 (SIC) ALLEGED DEVIATIONS. THE PERIODS VARY BETWEEN 1 AND 17 MINUTES,

THE WIDTHS BETWEEN 15 AND 205 KILOMETRES AND THE DEPTHS BETWEEN

2 AND 60 KILOMETRES.

4. AT FIRST SIGHT THE DETAILS APPEAR TO BE INADEQUATE TO

ASSOCIATE EACH ALLEGED DEVIATION WITH A SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT.

THUS WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RELAY COMPLAINTS TO THE OPERATORS CONCERNED, HOWEVER WE WILL ADVISE YOU ON THIS AND MAKE ANY OTHER COMMENTS WE HAVE AFTER FURTHER DETAILED STUDY OF THE LIST. MEANWHILE

A NOTAM IS BEING ISSUED TO REMIND ALL OPERATORS ON THIS ROUTE OF

THE ADVISABILITY OF AIRCRAFT ADHERING TO THE CENTRE LINE.

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