Jumbo jets 'miss colliding by 10 metres'

Inexperienced ground controllers may have contributed to a near collision between two jumbo jets carrying almost 700 passengers over Japan.

Inexperienced ground controllers may have contributed to a near collision between two jumbo jets carrying almost 700 passengers over Japan.

One of the pilots, 40-year-old Makoto Watanabe, has told aviation officials that the two Japan Airlines craft came within just 10 metres of colliding over central Japan.

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