Originally Posted by ORAC
The Skywest pilot saw the incoming Southwest jet and stopped short of the runway. The jet roared past about 275 feet away and 50 feet above the smaller plane.It landed without incident and never got closer than about 5,600 feet to the Air Canada jet, Dorr said.
50 feet higher, not above (as in overhead) and a mile is only close for asteroids.
I'll give Les the benefit, and assume the journo umm.. paraphrased
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