Heathrow jumbo was a split second from disaster

Air safety chiefs were warned yesterday that they were courting disaster after a report revealed that two airliners, with a total of 470 passengers on board, came within a split second of a devastating collision.

In one of the worst near misses seen at Heathrow airport, a Boeing 747 jumbo jet coming in to land missed an Airbus A321 preparing for take-off by little more than 100 feet. A report from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the potentially disastrous situation had developed at a time when a controller was supervising a trainee.

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