For context, this is about the length of an airliner. So this was actually extremely close.
Also, I flew back into Logan yesterday, on a delta flight, though I did not discern any abrupt maneuvers or a go-around on landing 😅
Not to sound terminally USian, but 300 ft is 100 yards, which is 1 football field.
I don’t think commercial jets are the length of a football field.
Maybe like ½ - ⅔ of one at most.
Ah, you’re right - I guess I was thinking more along the lines of larger airliners. Still, this is in the realm of “uncomfortably close”.
About 20 years ago I was flying from South Spain back to the UK, a 2 hour flight. Bored and looking out the window I see something in the distance reflecting the sun. Within seconds we passed it. It happened very fast.
Given the shape and that it had some colour on the side which I couldn’t make out because it happened so fast, I can only assume it was another plane.
It was only hours later that my brain decided how close that was and how nobody said anything about it. I assume the captin must have noticed!
I always have to go back and think about the George Carlin bit with him talking about the terminology of “near miss”. They really should be called near hits!
