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Langen, 4. Mai 2004 Schwere Störung am Flughafen München A departing and a landing aircraft came too close to each other On 3 May 2004 at 21.40 hrs, an aircraft proximity occurred on runway 08 right (southern runway) at Munich Airport. The aircraft involved were a two-engine propeller aircraft of type ATR 45 and a landing Boeing 737. The incident occurred when the ATR 45 taxied onto the runway about 1000 metres from the start of the runway on which the Boeing 737 was about to land. The pilot of the Boeing 737 managed to take evasive action and avoided a collision. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH reported the occurrence to the Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation as a serious incident. Investigations are under way. At the moment, no statements can be made concerning the causes of the incident. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH is a State-owned company under private law and has 5,200 employees. DFS ensures the safe and punctual handling of flights. Staff coordinate around 10,000 aircraft movements in German airspace every day, and more than three million movements every year. With this large number of flights, Germany has the highest traffic volume in Europe. DFS operates control centres in Langen, Bremen, Karlsruhe and Munich. In addition, DFS is represented in the Eurocontrol Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and in the control towers of the 16 international German airports. DFS provides training and consultancy services around the world and develops and sells air traffic control, surveillance and navigation systems. The company's portfolio also comprises flight-relevant data, aeronautical publications and aeronautical information services. DFS has the following business units: Control Centre, Tower, Aeronautical Solutions and Aeronautical Information Management.
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