Its ridiculous to believe that busting airspace leads directly to collision
I'm not sure that anybody is suggesting this, however
The reason collisions don't occur is because of layered safeguards
How many safeguards were in place during this event?
An aircraft with no transponder (and thus no TCAS protection) with a pilot who is lost (who presumably could climb at any time given the fact that he doesn't know he's in controlled airspace) and doesn't even consider the safest action of contacting ATC. What safeguards were left?
See and avoid against a B737 travelling at possibly 180Kts?
