report of Qantas jets in near collision

[cooperplace]

Adelaide Advertiser says that QF581 and QF576 came within 200m of each other at 38,000 ft above Adelaide yesterday:

(http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/qantas-pilots-praised-for-averting-midair-crash-over-adelaide-following-airtraffic-control-blunder/story-fni6uo1m-1226724017862?sv=6020a48c55e81699bdcb5da08050a225)No Cookies | The Advertiser (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/qantas-pilots-praised-for-averting-midair-crash-over-adelaide-following-airtraffic-control-blunder/story-fni6uo1m-1226724017862?sv=6020a48c55e81699bdcb5da08050a225#.Vdv2_7fIh OU.email)

"narrowly avoiding what would have been Australia's worst aviation disaster"

[ATCO1962]

I don't suppose you checked the date?

[TWT]

http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-zealand-pacific/523934-qf-near-miss-over-great-australian-bight.html

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2013/aair/ao-2013-161.aspx

[mmurray]

So does this mean that the 200m refers to vertical separation not the actual distance between the planes ?

Recorded data from the two aircraft showed that the minimum vertical separation was 650 ft at 1213:37, when the two aircraft were 4.1 NM (7.6 km) apart laterally. The minimum lateral separation was 1.6 NM (3 km) at 1213:51, when the aircraft were 870 ft apart vertically (Figure 4). At that time both the vertical and lateral separation were increasing as the aircraft were tracking to intercept separate one-way routes. The vertical and radar separation standards were re- established a short time later.

[Terrey]

From 2013... Hardly ”yesterday” ?

[27/09]

came within 200m of each other

When I fly I regularly come within 300 m of other aircraft without it making the news.

[Capn Bloggs]

Adelaide Advertiser says that QF581 and QF576 came within 200m of each other at 38,000 ft above Adelaide yesterday:

News travels slowly to Kazakstan...

[Hotel Tango]

News travels slowly to Kazakstan....

:ok: Brilliant :)