Mid-air collision over Brasil

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Offset

Originally Posted by QDMQDMQDM

I am not a commercial pilot, but if these two aircraft were on an airway on reciprocal headings isn't this accident an argument for an SOP of cruising on an offset track, say by 1NM? Even, extraordinarily, over the Amazon basin.

Originally Posted by QDMQDMQDM

QDM

In fact, in some parts of the world (Africa, NAT, India, Bangladesh), ICAO recommends the use of the offset track. What we do is to set one or two miles (usually one) right of track on the FMC and voilà ... you have a decent lateral separation from the opposite traffic.