Biography
Peter Nielsen is the infamous "hero" of one of the most resonant plane crash of the beginning of the 2000s, which included a list of air accidents called "Collision over the Lake Bodhensky". Any catastrophe is terrible, but in this overwhelming majority of the dead are children.
The wines of the Skaygide dispatcher are proved by the court and its own internal investigation of the employer, however, until the moment when the leadership of the Swiss company and the victim party heard each other, the trial of the case did not live.
It so happened that in the history with the collision of aircraft in July 2002 in the sky over Germany, much more than the biography of another person involved - Vitaly Kaloeeva, whose wife and children were aboard Tu-154. About Peter is just known that he is Dane.
Career
Information about how long I worked for Nielsen in Swiss Air Navigation Services Ltd, and simply SkyGuide, and whether it was his first or next place of work, no. The site "Supplier of aerial navigation services" it is said that the applicant for the position of the dispatcher should own at least two foreign languages, be able to think logically and work under conditions of multitasking, to cope with psychological tension and maintain the team spirit.
The air traffic controller Peter Nielsen, apparently, possessed the listed qualities. And during the meeting of the Skigide leadership with the Russian delegation, held on the anniversary of the tragic events, the Swiss side reported that their employee was re-certified and received a license confirmation.
Personal life
Peter had a family, with his wife and three children, he lived in a rich suburb of Zurich - Cloten. As the Danish publications wrote, in the town of foreigners there were few, and Nielsenov knew everyone. When Kaloev in search of their home turned to local residents for help, those easily pointed to the lawn from a single-storey mansion.In the future, none after the death of the dispatcher, nor during the current investigation, the information about the members of Peter's family did not float. The management of SkyGuide has been classified as an employee immediately after the catastrophe, however, the photo paparazzi fell on television, Swiss and Danish newspapers.
Plane crash and murder
As the head of Skigayd, Alan Rossymer, said in an interview with the arguments and facts, the chain of 10-12 circumstances led to the collision of airliners. On the July Day of 2002, Nielsen was senior shifts and in violation of the rules released a partner to relax in another room. In an emergency, it was possible to contact a pager, but caused bewilderment - how if the main and backup telephone networks turned off during the repair.
In addition, due to the notorious repairs, the main radar did not work. And neither one of these facts did not know Peter. Then the dispatcher was distracted by a conversation with a lagging aerobus suitable for landing, and plant a priority for the "Skaygide" instructions.
This imposed a sharp increase in flight intensity - as they later showed records, there were 15 aircraft in the sky. It is no wonder that the question of the investigator, why Nielsen caused a partner, followed the answer: "Not before that was." The neighboring dispatch point in Karlsruhe saw that the catastrophe was coming, but could not get through.
When the dispatcher noticed a dangerous rapprochement of aircraft, he gave an indication of the Russian Tu-154 to start a decline, but at that time he went to another screen and did not hear the message of the Boeing crew that he performs a similar maneuver. The pilot has also been tamed, since the onboard collision warning system gave a height set signal.
At TCAS, the aircraft hung up and Peter, and the terrestrial analogue was again disabled. He repeated the team and warned that there was another aircraft at the rate, but it was mistaken to the direction. After 50 seconds, the Bashkir Airlines liner and the cargo Boeing 757 are DHL airlines disappeared from radar screens.
The employer did not leave the employee of one. Peter was sent to psychological rehabilitation, and then transferred to another place. But it did not help. In February 2004, Nielsen died on the threshold of his own home. The cause of death was 12 knife wounds applied by Vitaly Kaloylo.
When the Western media news feeds appeared a message about the murder of the Swiss Airsisthetcher, but not yet known whose hands is the case, almost immediately there were assumptions that this is the revenge of the relatives of the dead. Such a scenario seemed priority only because, as the Russian portal "Izvestia" wrote:
"... The heads of Skigide's company from the very beginning behaved defiantly. They not only did not recognize the guilt of their dispatcher, but also put forward an offensive version of the allegedly bad knowledge of English by Russian pilots. "Man whose blame confirmed the records of "black boxes", continued to work. The publication suggested - starting the trial of him before, possibly, Nielsen would avail death,
"But the company is more concerned about the issue of reducing compensation to relatives of the victims of the catastrophe. In exchange for money, SkyGuide demanded a refusal of any claims in the future. "In 2007, a court decision was made, according to which four SkyGuide managers were found guilty of causing death by negligence. But the sentences were soft: three received a year of imprisonment conditionally, one was separated by a fine of 13,500 Swiss francs. Four more officials are justified. Nielsen error is called the main, but not the only reason for the collision of the liners.
15 years after the catastrophe, responding to the questions of the Komsomolsk truth in connection with the release of the film "Consequences", in which Arnold Schwarzenegger fulfilled the role of Kaloeva, Vitaly said that he did not forgive Peter and does not regret his act. But at a meeting of the court in Zurich, who sentenced him to 8 years in prison, the former architect apologized to the dispatcher's family:
"Because of your children, I apologize to the children Nielsena. It is very difficult for me to speak, but I am saying sincerely."The SkyGuide website provides only a brief mention of the collision of two aircraft and it is said that the tragic nature of this accident and subsequent events radically changed the idea of the safety of flights in Swiss and international aviation. Culture and security management made a big step forward.
In August 2016, the Fighter of the Swiss Air Force crashed in the Alps. English-speaking Wikipedia writes that the cause of the catastrophe has not corresponded to the provisions of the air base aerodrome in Mayribena, which is part of Skaygide jurisdiction.
In the spring of 2018, the film "Unpassed" was shown at the Cannes Festival, in which Vitaly Kaloeeva's role was performed by Dmitry Nagiyev. The film director - Sari Andreasyan, also starred Rosa Khairullina, Mikhail Gorheva, Marjan Avetisyan, Samvel Men. The premiere in Russia was scheduled for September 27, 2018.
Memory
- 2009 - "Flight in the night - misfortune near Yumbingen" (Joint German-Swiss film)
- 2017 - "Consequences" (director Elliott Leicester, Producer Darren Aroneal)
- 2018 - "Disposable" (director Sari Andreasyan)
- Monument to the victims of the catastrophe in the center of air navigation Zurich, the area of Wangen, Dowendorf