The SAS flight, en-route to Poznan, Poland, was asked to change course due to a Russian military plane which was flying in the international airspace with its transponder turned-off.

Regarding the incident as “serious, inappropriate and dangerous”, Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said, “Flying without a transponder means that you can’t say where a plane is located…The risk of an accident is very high.”

According to Nicolai Wammen, Denmark’s Defense minister, “It is dangerous and completely unnecessary that Russian military aircraft fly so close to civil air traffic in the Baltic Sea. The safety of passengers must always come first, and Russia must respect that.”

Following the incident, Sweden and Denmark have summoned Russian ambassadors to register the complaint at official level.

Spokesperson of Russian Defense ministry, Igor Konashenkov, has rejected the claims saying, “The flight was being made strictly in compliance with international airspace rules, not violating borders of other countries and at a safe distance from traffic routes of civilian aircraft.”

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The Airbus took off twenty minutes later. The incident is under investigation, and it has not been determined if this was an Air Traffic Control error or if the Argentinian plane was there without clearance. The airport and ATC say that there was sufficient clearance for landing, and neither Aerolineas Argentinas nor UTAIR filed a safety report.

On Jul 7th 2014,an investigation was opened into the runway incursion.

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Flight QF581 from Sydney to Perth had gotten permission from ATC to go from 38,000ft which put them on a collision course with incoming QF 576.

Both planes swerved out of the way over Gulf St. Vincent.

Qantas Airbus A330-200, flight QF-576 was en route from Perth,WA to Sydney,NS. Qantas Airbus A330-200 was from Sydney,NS to Perth,WA. ATC gave clearance to QF581 whose pilot had averted disaster by the time clearance was rescinded.

The “loss of separation” incident is under investigation.

According to the vice-president of the Australian and International Pilots Association, TCAS typically warns about 25 seconds out.

* ACAS / TCAS (In-cockpit) TA alerts when there is a risk of collision in 40 seconds.

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An investigation is currently underway to determine if the Darwin a defence air traffic controller sent the jets on a collision course.

The Qantas-badged 717 was operated by Cobham, a flight contractor.

See the ATSB Investigation on Loss of separation assurance VH-NXQ / QFA A839, near Darwin NT, 2 October 2012 Investigation Number:AO-2012-131

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Warrenton, Va ATC changed courses due to weather and wind patterns.

Reagan Airport ATC caught the potential collision 12 seconds before it happened and rerouted the incoming jet.

See Video below

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What: Virgin Blue Boeing 737-700 en route from Williamtown to Melbourne
Where: Williamtown
When: Feb 2, 2011
Why: The Virgin Blue and a military jet were a near miss and came within 400 feet vertical separation.

The Official report is below:

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