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Old September 30th, 2006, 09:59   #19
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Default Re: Brazil 737-800 mid-air today, 155 on board. (merged threads)

Hmmmm. Wonder where the discrepancy will be found?
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Piers said the Embraer pilot told the authorities "he practically did not see the plane. When he saw something it was but a shadow. And he felt a shock, which made him lose part of a wing." Nevertheless, radars showed the Legacy and the Boeing were flying with an altitude difference of about 1,000 feet (300 metres).
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Radar (thus both plane's encoding altimeters) showed them 1,000 feet apart? If that statement is true it will be interesting to see how that was possible.



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