Near miss in skies over London

Two aircraft have come perilously close to a mid-air collision over London in what could have been a “serious incident”.

According to a report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), a passenger jet operated by Turkish Airlines came within half a mile of an impact with a private business jet in July 2009.

With both aircraft at approximately 4,000 feet above the capital, the Citation 525 jet was about 100ft to 200ft below and half a mile away from the Boeing 777 passenger plane, heading to Heathrow with 232 people on board.

Source: BTN 

09.09.10