WORLD IN BRIEF : THAILAND : Qantas Jet, Air Force Plane Nearly Collide
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
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. A statement issued by the Qantas office in Bangkok said the C-5, the largest aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force, was heading north when it passed directly above the Qantas aircraft, which was heading east.
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