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2022-09-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Single-engine Cessna nearly smashes into a Delta Boeing 757 passenger jet in mid-air

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

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Was it an Air Traffic controller issue, or something more sinister?

Either way, will the FAA investigative report fully detail the cause or gloss it over?

Posted by NN2N1 2022-09-07 03:17|| 2022-09-07 03:17|| Front Page Top

#2 This sounds weird, especially if Mr. Clarke had to take 'evasive action'.

A pilot health issue on the B757, perhaps? The tower?

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-09-07 03:25|| 2022-09-07 03:25|| Front Page Top

#3 "Denzel Washington to the white courtesy phone."

Posted by Skidmark 2022-09-07 06:22|| 2022-09-07 06:22|| Front Page Top

#4 That is class B airspace, presumably over Orlando international airport. You MUST be in radio contact and have permission to be there. Somebody wasn't communicating with the correct people, not sure I'd put a video of that in public...

Posted by Glatch Thud2820 2022-09-07 06:55|| 2022-09-07 06:55|| Front Page Top

#5 General Aviation planes drop out of the air and kill people all the time. There were 21 fatal crashes in August 2022 alone and more happening every month. One wonders why GA is even allowed, what with the colossal waste of gasoline it is and that it's only open to the wealthy.

Posted by Sonny de Medici5342 2022-09-07 07:32|| 2022-09-07 07:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Cessna probably had no business being where the big boys fly - they move 3-4 times as fast as you. And if you’re uncontrolled close to a big airport your head better be in constant motion. Sure could have been a disaster.

Posted by Glenmore 2022-09-07 08:06|| 2022-09-07 08:06|| Front Page Top

#7 From the Archives: Sept. 25, 1978: The crash of PSA Flight 182 in San Diego

Posted by Frank G 2022-09-07 08:24|| 2022-09-07 08:24|| Front Page Top

#8 I can hear collision system lady:

"Pucker up! Pucker up! Pucker up!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-09-07 10:41|| 2022-09-07 10:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Reminds me of all the times birds flew in front of my truck but only hit one (owl, glancing blow, and he flew off a few minutes later) - I guess the air flow around the truck diverted them, wonder if the same would happen with most Cessna-757 close encounters?

Posted by Glenmore 2022-09-07 11:42|| 2022-09-07 11:42|| Front Page Top

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