Near-miss over London

1. Drew McLellan January 30, 2006 at 10:38am

   I’m no maths whizz, but you would have thought they could calculate roughly how far apart they were. The dimensions of each model of plane is known, so you should be able to at least tell if they were very close or a reasonable distance apart. Surely the flight paths and altitudes are logged too.

   Sounds like a cover-up. If the planes were a safe distance apart and they whole thing was an optical illusion, they’d just say so.
2. Frankie Roberto January 30, 2006 at 1:54pm

   Difficult to tell how far apart they are - forced perspective can be a convincing illusion.

   You probably could work it out by measuring the planes, but a pixel or two bigger or smaller probably calculates to several metres difference…

   Frankie
3. Ian Betteridge January 30, 2006 at 4:24pm

   It’s actually a great example of how a long-lens can skew perspective to make two things look very close together. It’s a well-known photographic effect - I’m surprised that Mr Bland isn’t aware of it. But then, pap shots often use the same effect to make it appear that two celebs are much closer to each other than they really are.
4. Ian Caddy June 15, 2006 at 11:42am

   For those who are interested, this Guardian article explains the photo. Sadly there website doesn’t contain the photo itself so I had to search around and find it here… thanks Ben! http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,,1698636,00.html
5. hollywood December 6, 2006 at 4:20am

   im sure they are at different altitudes, otherwise a log wouyld be recorded and an ATC would be out of a job
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