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Two US Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft collided mid-air during an air show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho on Sunday. Videos shared online showed the jets spiralling downward before four parachutes opened in the sky.
Footage also showed four parachutes descending after the collision, suggesting crew members may have ejected before the crash., US News, Times Now
Traditional "see and avoid" guidance for mid-air collisions is flawed due to inherent pilot blind spots and limited visual scan areas, with the highest collision risk occurring when aircraft fly at similar speeds. Counter-intuitively, a higher speed ratio ...
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