light planes collide over Seattle?

Recently, Peter Duniho posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote in message
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This aspect of the report confuses me, as well. If the aircraft were
on "nearly parallel" flight paths, how could the sun be much of a
factor?

No one has said that the sun *was* a factor. There simply have been
people who have suggested that it *might* have been a factor.

I see...

I would agree that the "sun in the pilot's eyes" and the "parallel
flight courses" possibilities are mutually exclusive, assuming that
the parallel flights were in the same direction. If they were on a
head-on course (and I haven't heard any suggestion that they were),
the sun and visibility generally could have been a factor.

I thought about the head-on course as a possible explanation to cover the
"sun in the...", but it seems to me that could only have been a problem
for one of the pilots. The other would most likely have had a hard time
not noticing the shiny object hurtling toward him.

Neil