Devils Advocate
not have sufficient time to accomplish the manoeuvre she wished to employ to achieve standard separation. - So there was separation then, just not the normal amount of it ?!
Just to play "Devils advocate - advocate" here, just seperation doesn't quite cut it for me...... Seperation was obviously there or else we'd most likely be reading about another of aviations true tragedies. I for one would like to see at least thirty metres, else I might spill my beer with the very surprise of it all.........