Apparently about 2 miles according the a later quote in the story. Damn, and
I thought Special VFR was generally safe. Well, just goes to show you that
you can operate within the rules for years and years, but still be unsafe
according to the ATC interviewee.

--
Jim Carter
"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...


A Guy Called Tyketto wrote:

Two flights "were almost near-mid-air collisions," said Hamid Ghaffari,
local president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.

What's an "almost near-mid-air collision"?

George Patterson
If a man gets into a fight 3,000 miles away from home, he *had* to
have
been looking for it.