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On a flight I had another plane flying and then landing parallel to mine (lemmy.world)

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[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Parallel landings has special requirements. Most airports cannot do parallel landings and instead use one runway for landings and one for takeoffs.

Aviation has a very low reporting threshold. Every minor breach of procedure or a near miss generates a report. The FAA estimates 16 million flights per year, with a total of 1760 runway incursions in 2023. A tenth of a percent incident rate is not bad.

Imagine how the statistics would look if we held automobiles to the same reporting standards.