"Ray" wrote in message
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4660644.stm

This was on the front page of news.bbc.co.uk today. While the article
does give quotes from officials stating that the photo is an illusion, the
implication of the writer seems to be that the officials aren't being
entirely truthful. Just look at the sub-headline: "Officials have denied
any breach of safety after two planes were pictured apparently flying
perilously close together over east London."
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I remember the first time I rode the silver Delta tube down the Atlanta
approach path, to the parallel landing runways. As the planes slowly got
closer and closer, it was almost disconcerting how close we were. Under ATC
control, and visual, at all times, but I can only imagine if someone took a
picture of our two planes ( or two of many, many other pairs) at that point
in time.

Yes, it would look a *whole lot* like a near miss, but it was not. Could it
be the same thing happening, in this case?
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Jim in NC