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Planes nearly collided over Tel Aviv last year, report reveals
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA report issued today shows that a passenger jet nearly collided with a private plane above Tel Aviv last year, in what investigators say could have ended in a major disaster, the Ynet news website says.
According to the report, a Cessna 172 was flying above north Tel Aviv to photograph Tel Aviv University in December 2015 when an Arkia plane carrying passengers from Eilat was directed to land at the nearby Sde Dov airport via a path that would have put them in direct contact.
The crash was only avoided after the pilot in the small plane notified the control tower, which directed him to drop to 800 feet to get out of the way.
At one point the two aircraft were only 450 meters (1,500 feet) away from each other, according to the report.
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