from a UK times online article just posted:
<<There was confusion over the part that may have been played in the disaster by the executive jet, an Embraer Legacy. Its pilot was reported to have said: “I practically did not see the plane. When I saw something it was nothing but a shadow. I felt a shock, which made me lose part of a wing.”
However, radar showed the two planes flying about 1,000ft apart. The federal aviation authorities refused to confirm that the crash and the emergency landing were linked but aviation experts said the 737 may have been taking evasive action. >>
''shock made me lose part of the wing''...still an amazing event...I recall when TCAS first came out I asked: what if you get a TCAS RA that says climb and you are already at your max altitude?
a good answer was never forthcoming
pull up into a massive stall/upset?
by the way, TCAS does not give turning solutions, yet.
after a plane loses an engine, part of the checklist is to switch TCAS to Traffic Advisory only as you no longer have the performance capability to respond to all TCAS RA's.