RPTR CLAIMS UNSAFE PARACHUTE JUMPING DIRECTLY ON A MAJOR ARR RTE. ACR B737 WAS BELOW JUMP ACFT WHEN JUMPERS LEFT THE ACFT. PLT OF THE JUMP ACFT HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE B737'S POS AT THE TIME THE 2 MINS TO JUMP CALL WAS RECEIVED.

Date: 1997-04 · Aircraft: B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown|other-unspecified

Synopsis

RPTR CLAIMS UNSAFE PARACHUTE JUMPING DIRECTLY ON A MAJOR ARR RTE. ACR B737 WAS BELOW JUMP ACFT WHEN JUMPERS LEFT THE ACFT. PLT OF THE JUMP ACFT HAD BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE B737'S POS AT THE TIME THE 2 MINS TO JUMP CALL WAS RECEIVED.

Narrative

AN UNSAFE OP WHICH IS PUTTING LIVES IN GRAVE DANGER IS OCCURRING ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. 2 MAPS ARE ATTACHED FOR REF. XXX RUNS A SKYDIVING BUSINESS OUT OF XYZ ARPT AND JUMPS ON OR ABOUT THE LAS 200 DEG RADIAL; 24 DME. THIS JUMP ZONE IS DIRECTLY ON ONE OF LAS'S MAJOR ARR RTES AND JUST OUTSIDE CLASS B AIRSPACE; THEREFORE WE HAVE NO CTL OVER THEIR OP. THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST I'VE HAD TO DEVIATE IFR ACFT AROUND THIS AREA BECAUSE OF JUMPING. THE SIT WHICH HAPPENED TODAY WAS A JUMP PLANE WHO RPTED 2 MINS TO JUMP. ACFT WAS ISSUED TFC 5 MI S OF HIS POS DSNDING NBOUND. ACFT ACKNOWLEDGED TFC AS 'LOOKING.' JUMP ACFT THEN RPTED 'JUMPERS OUT THE DOOR;' A B737 WAS DIRECTLY UNDER JUMP ACFT AT 8000 FT; JUMP ACFT WAS APPROX 12500 FT. EVEN THOUGH JUMP ACFT WAS ADVISED OF OTHER TFC; THEY STILL JUMPED OVER AND IN THE PATH OF AN ACR. THESE PEOPLE DO THIS ALL THE TIME; THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. IT IS MY OPINION THAT IF THIS OP ISN'T MOVED AWAY FROM ACFT AND IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE 'AS IS;' LAS TRACON WILL SUFFER A MAJOR ACR ACFT ACCIDENT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ALLEGES THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN TRYING TO RESOLVE THE PARACHUTING OPS PROB BY HAVING IT MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION BUT THE OPERATOR REFUSES TO MOVE. RPTR SAID A COPY OF HIS RPT WAS GIVEN TO A PERSON FROM THE COUNTY PER A REQUEST AFTER LEARNING OF THE RPT.

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