Eal - I have never suggested that "nothing can ever go wrong". In my job, we are fully aware of what can go wrong. What I am trying to point out here is that people standing at a BBQ in Dulwich are very unlikely to be able to spot what is and isn't an Airprox.
I have no problem with curiosity, I am sick of the people on these forums that shoot anyone down in flames who asks a question. However, in this particular case, how would you like us to respond? if you go back to the original post...
Some suggestion that there was a fairly hairy airprox
Suggestion from where? Well, actually from himself.
An A330 or similar, almost going up the tailpipe of a 737 and having to make a very tight right turn to get out of trouble?
The kind of wording I would expect from a tabloid journo.
I would like to think that I gave a rational answer - the angles from the ground are deceiving and generally a/c over London are safely operated. What more can I say? Simply reminding us that sometimes it does go wrong and people lose their lives doesn't have much bearing on this.
Like I say - I have dealt with this many many times over the last 16 or so years...
Chips