a close call just a few days back
just like to share this. a few days back a b737-400 came to about 200ft within to a su35 fighter plane . it was so close i believe that the boeing capt had to firewall the engines in order to avoid hitting the fighter. the fighter had some tech problems[i have no clue]so had his tranponder on , hence they got a TA immediately followed by an RA. now we all know about RAs issued being in the normal operating capability of the airplanes, but this was really really necessary to go to the forward stop [ thrust lever position]to avoid as the fighter was zooming. the fighter pilot i believe also did a stellar job and infact turned around to check if the boeing was ok . on finding him still flying he resumed his flight.I am here not trying to fix blame or comment on actions taken, just sharing to educate the fellow pilot, the 734 was grounded for a boroscopic inspection on landing.