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An Olympic Airlines plane avoids collision by a whisker

Athens, Greece - It happened yesterday morning in Greek air space

Yesterday morning a Boeing 737/300 of Greek flag airline, Olympic Airlines, avoided a collision in the air with an unidentified aircraft. When the pilots, coming from Athens and heading to Dusseldorf (Germany), realized from their on-board instrumentation they had another aircraft too close, they made a rapid manoeuvre and managed to avoid a crash by a whisker. Greek Air Force started an inquiry to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 138764
Rome, Italy, 04/05/2006 14:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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