Near miss over Hong Kong

A Cathay Pacific 777 and Dragonair A330 aircraft came within a mile of each other near Hong Kong last week. The collision avoidance systems on both aircraft issued alerts and the pilots took evasive action to maintain a safe distance from each other. Cathay said in a statement: “There was no risk of collision and at no time was the safety of the flights compromised. At the closest, they were one nautical mile (2,000 meters) apart when abeam from each other with increasing vertical separation.” At the time of the incident, several aircraft, including Dragonair, were in a weather-related holding