On Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:33:29 +0100
Neil Williams wrote:
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 02:34:00 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

---quote---
A business jet came close to a mid-air collision with a Turkish
Airlines passenger plane after taking off from London City Airport, a
report has said.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) study described the near-
miss over London as a "serious incident".
---/quote---

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11237496

Serious indeed, but "100ft to 200ft below and half-a-mile away" is not
"feet away" like the crappy reporting in the Standard (yes, again)
would suggest.

Is it even serious? Were the planes on a direct collision course or would
they have passed each other anyway if no one had noticed?

B2003