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Three workers filed on-the-job injury claims after becoming traumatized by
watching flights veer toward one another on radar without being able to do
anything, he said.

Of course, it's California.



Under FAA "separation standards," planes are required to fly at least five
miles apart horizontally and no less than 1,000 feet vertically.

That's five miles or 1000 feet.


In at
least five cases, that safety bubble was violated, and in two cases planes
came within about two miles of each other, Ghaffari said.

The FAA will no doubt say safety was never compromised.