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Old 20th Nov 2009, 20:07
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Near miss with meteor

WOW! just got back from a long day in the sand pit and saw an amazing sight today. We were at 20 000 in a BE20 and a 747 was above us at 33 000, We were off airways due to atc instructions and traffic and re intercepting the airway radial. I was looking at the 747 about 4 NM off our wing when a bright green meteor passed betwene us and burnt out at about 18 000ft, had we been on track, who knows! could be a dog shaped hole in the ground now, or if the 747 was off track, same thing, amazing sight! Are there any more sightings out there? and any incidents of aircraft brought down by this in the past?

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