> After you have plans and procedures to stop the actual rare disasters, reducing near misses is the most effective way to stop disasters.
Oh, full +1. This is a bad incident that should result in an investigation and maybe safety recommendations.
My point is that aviation has been at it for so long, that a "bad incident" is very far removed from what the common interpretation of "near miss could have triggered greatest disaster" (#1 on HN) would suggest to a random observer.
(And I think the author knew it, and went for clickbait.)
Maybe, the author went for the clickbait, but only 584 people have to die for this to be the worst airline disaster in history. With potentially five planes involved, if he had crashed, I think that'd be highly likely in this situation.
Oh, full +1. This is a bad incident that should result in an investigation and maybe safety recommendations.
My point is that aviation has been at it for so long, that a "bad incident" is very far removed from what the common interpretation of "near miss could have triggered greatest disaster" (#1 on HN) would suggest to a random observer.
(And I think the author knew it, and went for clickbait.)