Planes come within 120 metres in the air

[Calfo]

OBERLIN, Ohio - Two airplanes carrying more than 120 passengers narrowly averted a mid-air collision east of Pittsburgh after an air traffic control trainee told a Delta Air Lines pilot to turn into the path of an oncoming plane, officials said.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/crash_averted

[z740]

Yikes!! I'm sure glad the pilots were smart enough to realize what needed to be done and to take the proper measures to prevent a collision from happening.

-Chris

[BA747-436]

Thank god for TCAS I say.

[AASuper80Fan]

Talk about cutting it close.

[andyb99]

i always wonder why they call this a near miss.

i think its a near hit!!!

[DaveGF4G]

They call it a NEAR MISS because it is closer than a FAR MISS.... far misses happen all the time