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Old 9th Sep 2018, 21:10
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chevvron
 
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The term 'Near Miss' is wrongly used. If two aircraft 'nearly miss' each other surely that must mean they hit each other.
The correct term nowadays (ICAO speak) is 'Airprox' previously known as 'Airmiss'.
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