WORLD : Qantas Jet, C-5 in Near Collision
A giant U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport plane missed a Qantas airliner with 382 people aboard by only 50 feet in a near collision over southern Thailand, the Australian airline said today.
“Qantas has launched a full investigation into a near miss between one of its (Boeing) 747-400s and a United States Air Force C-5 Galaxy over Thailand on Tuesday,” said the statement issued by the Qantas office in Bangkok.
Qantas said the C-5, the largest aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force, was heading in a northerly direction when it passed directly above the Qantas aircraft, which was heading east on a flight from London to Singapore.
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