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Two airplanes landing at the same time with close proximity (i.imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

SOP (like 99% sure). Many airports have parallel runways with more than enough clearance for two simultaneous landings. I have been a passenger in this scenario at least four times that I can think of, and I don't fly that much. I think those were in Denver, SFO and LAX. I don't recall there being any situation that would be considered an emergency on any of those.

[–] wren@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah, this is SFO and these runways are 750 ft / 230 m apart. Definitely not a lot of room for error, but the telephoto zoom makes this look a lot closer than it really is