The World - News from Feb. 22, 1988
A Pan American jet and a British Caledonian aircraft, carrying a total of 222 people, nearly collided over the southeast coast of England, the British airline said. An air traffic controller was later suspended--standard procedure, according to the Civil Aviation Authority, which said the incident is under investigation. It was the second near-miss over southern England in two weeks. British Caledonian said its BAC 1-11, carrying 70 people, was en route to Amsterdam when its pilot saw the Pan Am Boeing 727 on “a converging course” over Southend, Essex. The U.S. airliner with 152 people aboard was headed for London’s Heathrow airport from Oslo, Norway. News reports said the Pan Am pilot altered his plane’s course on instructions from air traffic control.
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