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Old 19th Feb 2017, 21:47
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Originally Posted by SLFstu
And the Mirror (which itself copied the story from the Irish Mirror) has used the OP’s original audio - including the so-called fake AP disconnect alert and (very faint) “traffic traffic” advisory, and they’ve added RT transcripts - which is rather helpful for the non-Irish! Listen to dramatic moment two planes just avoid a mid-air collision right above airport - Mirror Online
Clearly it's a media competition to see how many alternative facts can be crammed into a single article.

And it's a creditable effort:

Leaving aside the fact that there was no "narrowly avoided mid-air collision", and that the non-event wasn't "right above the airport", we've got a faked ATC tape, misidentified flight, misquoted separation rules and, somewhat strangely, a purported quote from Ryanair to the effect that one of the aircraft involved performed a GA at Dublin (which has no relevance and isn't actually true anyway).
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