Two near mid air collisions in USA this week

[MiTasol]

This covers the second and refers to the first

Southwest flight plummets, injuring flight attendants

The drastic manoeuvre was necessary to avoid collision with another plane, according to reports.

www.bbc.com

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

This covers the second and refers to the first

Southwest flight plummets, injuring flight attendants

The drastic manoeuvre was necessary to avoid collision with another plane, according to reports.

www.bbc.com

... to avoid a Hawker Hunter ... whoa.

 

[Steve Hnz]

... to avoid a Hawker Hunter ... whoa.

That was the bit that made me sit up & take notice. The actual avoidance manoeuvre didn't sound quite as dramatic as the news media would have us believe, which is not to underestimate the serious of the incident given it's potential outcome.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

That was the bit that made me sit up & take notice. The actual avoidance manoeuvre didn't sound quite as dramatic as the news media would have us believe, which is not to underestimate the serious of the incident given it's potential outcome.

Not to be flippant, but I just like the idea that a Hawker Hunter is toodling around American skies well over six decades after it was built. Sucks that the incident happened, but I just think it's cool that a Hunter is up there flying.

 

[Gnomey]

Not to be flippant, but I just like the idea that a Hawker Hunter is toodling around American skies well over six decades after it was built. Sucks that the incident happened, but I just think it's cool that a Hunter is up there flying.

I guess that's one way to look at it…

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I guess that's one way to look at it…

Yep. It's the "glad to see old iron flying, sorry it had an issue" way of seeing things. Even brand-new planes break.

 

[Sisu]

Not to be flippant, but I just like the idea that a Hawker Hunter is toodling around American skies well over six decades after it was built. Sucks that the incident happened, but I just think it's cool that a Hunter is up there flying.

They've always been around -- a guy I used to know died in one in Oregon a few years ago.

This one was down in Mojave California back in the 1970s.

 

[GreenKnight121]

They've always been around -- a guy I used to know died in one in Oregon a few years ago.

This one was down in Mojave California back in the 1970s.



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Note the Meteor in the background.

Just a few years ago I saw a Vampire flying around the Ogden Utah airport.

 

[MIflyer]

Would not a "Near Miss" mean they hit each other?

One day in 2002 I was at the Melbourne FL mall, heard jet noise, looked up and saw a two seat Hunter flying by. Of course they have done modification and design work there for Northrop Grumman and unusual airplanes are more common than you'd think. They had a Canberra at the airport for years until they finally got tired of it cluttering up the place and auctioned it off. They had an abandoned Jet Provost for sale at the same time.

 

[SaparotRob]

Would not a "Near Miss" mean they hit each other?

Agreed

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Would not a "Near Miss" mean they hit each other?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6RoHNhvnDc&t=2s&ab_channel=FinbergFirm