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'Near Collisions' of Commercial Jets Happen All the Time: FAA Records (gizmodo.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Of course the air traffic controllers should be listened to, since they can predict the future tendencies.

I think railroads have less safety margin in their system, mostly due to having one dimension fewer available. A plane can (and automatically does) stop a collision by ascending or descending. A train can't do that.