It had to be today....

[NM]

So infact what we are talking about is a near-hit

Perzactly!

[markis10]

These shots must have been taken at Auckand yesterday with all those planes guiding each other Airplane Near Miss Illusions | Airplane Crash Illusion

[matty744]

Similar article -

Qantas flight with faulty antenna "piggybacked" by Air New Zealand plane | The Australian

In a rare and extraordinary sight, passengers earlier awoke to a high-altitude dawn with a close-up view of the Air New Zealand jet off their left wing.

matty744 - did you get any pics of the NZ bird?

Yes I sure did. I just uploaded two of them in the trip report.
http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/comm...tml#post200700 (A brief trip to the States QF/AA)

[NM]

These shots must have been taken at Auckand yesterday with all those planes guiding each other Airplane Near Miss Illusions | Airplane Crash Illusion

Actually, I would say this photo is more of an illusion (or should that be Ilyshin)

[markis10]

Actually, I would say this photo is more of an illusion (or should that be Ilyshin)

Now thats an aircraft that used to get a lot of attention from the tower in Syd when it visited!

[Flying Fox]

Yes I sure did. I just uploaded two of them in the trip report.
http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/comm...tml#post200700 (A brief trip to the States QF/AA)

Good trip report and I really like the pics. So well done & thanks for sharing!!!

[Evan]

Not rare at all i would not think, from MEL when the BA, SQ, and QF flights all used to leave within a few minutes of each other they used to shall we say have a race, one night i even asked the cabin crew to ask the pilot who was beside us... he replied that it was the BA plane we just overtook and we took off atleast 10 mintes after them

(i am thinking it was MEL-SIN .... but maybe i am thinking SIN-LHR)

I have seen it many times on some of these routes.

E