Video: Watch how two planes collide almost in the air – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

A pbadenger from the privately-owned Irish airline Aer Lingus, who was traveling from Dublin to Lisbon, told through his window how another commercial plane appeared to go directly to them at an altitude of 35,000 feet (about 10,668 meters).

"What to avoid an accident by the hair?", asked rhetorically and seemingly carefree William Cherry from his Twitter account, after landing safely.

On the images, you can see how, safely, the plane that was approaching he was hijacked and prevented what was supposed to be an imminent impact, for the tranquility of Cherry and that of all her fellow travelers.

Although it is not possible to establish with certainty the distance between the two aircraft, between flight FL290 and FL410 levels (between 8 839 and 12 496 meters approximately), it is ordered to aircraft maintain a vertical separation distance of 1,000 feet (approximately 304 meters). for avoid accidents. This is what the aviation sector calls the minimal reduced vertical separation (RVSM for its acronym in English).

What happened is called the attention of users in social networks. One of them captured with a moving image the feeling that every pbadenger of a flight would surely have in a similar situation.

Another, more familiar with aviation, told Cherry that what had happened was part of the normality and that at no time – as seen in the video – has the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) alarm system gone out.

They also reminded him that in case of fear of flying, you can check out Flight Radar to see the number of simultaneous flights in the air and have an "idea of ​​what insurance what is traveling by plane? "

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