In a report that will make you want to travel by car for the rest of your life, the FAA's records detail how "near collision" episodes are frequent and ongoing.
  • abhibeckert@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    AFAIK “near” means “in a minute’s time, you might be within a thousand feet of another aircraft”.

    Which means 99.99% of the time they didn’t “need” to divert course, but they did out of an abundance of caution.