RAF tanker and US fighter jets nearly crashed as flight controller was distracted by cell phone call

Monday, July 24th 2017 - 09:03 UTC

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An RAF tanker aircraft and two F-15 fighters came within a split second of colliding over the North Sea after a flight controller was distracted by a phone call, an official report has revealed.The pilots of the RAF Voyager claimed that one of the United States Air Force jets was as near as 50 metres when it flew directly across their path as they were flying at 322mph. Read full article

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Pytangua
More stupid behaviour from the world's “superpower” - last week they killed 10 Afghan policemen by mistake in Helmand Province - great recruiting sergeant for the Taliban/ISIS. Why on earth do we in the UK still look up to to the US government - it beats me.
Jul 24th, 2017 - 11:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
What's that got to do with a near miss ? A civilian UK controller at Swanich made a mistake and the American military made a mistake so it's time for us to dump the USA ?

Would you rather we were pals with the Russians ?
Jul 24th, 2017 - 07:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Capt Rockhopper
Its a non story, media scrapping around to find something to write about.
Jul 25th, 2017 - 04:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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