DHL near midair?

[B727-100QF]

http://www.ccygnus.nl/images/nearmiss.jpg

 

[CaptainMark]

Dude..that's crazy!!!...tcas ???

 

[ultrarunner]

Sure glad we didn't hear about that.

 

[big pimpn']

That’ll make for some interesting NASA forms!

 

[hvydriver]

Hmmm... I never heard anything about that. If it did by chance occur, my best guess is that it would be the Air Hong Kong guys out of Asia. All the birds in Europe and the US are flying bananas now. Not sure about the Asian busses.

 

[Bitter]

This is the moment horrified on-lookers thought they were about to witness a mid-air collision. An airbus A300 operating for transport firm DHL appears to be perilously close to a Japan Airlines Boeing 777, prompting fears they were about to crash. The dramatic scene was captured by Barry Bland as the planes flew over West Ham's Upton Park ground in East London on Saturday. "I saw the aircraft coming together," Mr Bland is reported to have said. "They appeared to be on a collision course. From where I was sitting it looked very close."

Trick of perspective But thankfully it was merely a trick of perspective. The jets were not flying as closely as feared, and the incident wasn't classed as a near-miss where planes must be within three nautical miles of each other horizontally or 1,000ft vertically. "Distances from the ground can be extremely deceptive, especially in the kind of weather conditions we had this weekend with clear blue skies and bright sunshine," said a spoeksman for National Air Traffic Services.

 

[hvydriver]

Ah so. EAT bird then. I thought they'd painted all theirs the lovely yellow and red. Not too fair that we have to sport those colors, and they haven't yet. LOL Thanks for the extra info, Bitter.

 

[trijetter]

Not even close, its an optical illusion from the ground.

 

[Dr Pokenhiemer]

Too close for missles--switching to guns!!

 

[HMR]

Well Done!

Not even close, its an optical illusion from the ground.

I have nothing to add to this thread, just wanted to congratulate trijetter on his first post after 3+ years of membership.