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In aviation, a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of at least one of the aircraft usually results.
Almost all modern large aircraft are fitted with a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), which is designed to try to prevent mid-air collisions. The system, based on the signals from aircraft transponders, alerts pilots if a potential collision with another aircraft is imminent. Despite its limitations, it is believed to have greatly ...
The mid-air incident occurred as flight attendants began to serve drinks onboard Flight 907. [4] JA8904's traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) sounded 20 minutes after its departure [ 3 ] as the jet climbed towards 39,000 feet (11,887 m).
Audio from a person in air traffic control became panicked as it tried to warn the Alaksa flight to change direction when it became dangerously close to the other plane mid-air.
The National Transportation Safety Board has released a nearly 2,000-page public docket with new information about the mid-air collision at an air show in Dallas in 2022 that killed six people ...
United Airlines Flight 2428 had to slow its descent to San Francisco International Airport to avoid a possible mid-air collision on Thursday, Sept. 19.
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 The wreckage of the DC-9 at its crash site Accident Date June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT Summary Mid-air collision Site San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States 34°10′30″N 118°00′00″W / 34.175°N 118.00°W / 34.175; -118.00 Total fatalities 50 Total survivors 1 First aircraft N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC ...
An Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines last August was caused by multiple pilot errors during a near mid-air collision, a military investigation has found. Two Marines were killed ...