A White House plane with first lady Michelle Obama onboard narrowly avoided a collision with a 200-ton military cargo jet after an air traffic controller made a mistake, forcing her aircraft to abort its landing at Andrews Air Force Base, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.


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All's well that ends well!

"Near miss" is one of those phrases that sticks a bit funny in my thoughts, partially because it is a peeve with my father - his opinion is that a "near miss" is actually indicative of a hit, as it nearly missed but didn't...

Another thing that sticks funny in my thoughts is this:
Speaking on something you're not authorized to speak on... is pretty much "gossip," isn't it?

It wasn't a "near miss", they wanted a 5 mile distance between the two planes during their landings and there was only 3 miles. They didn't want the second plane (first lady's) to get caught up in the wake of the first plane during it's landing.

source: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/19...ane/index.html

Near only counts in horseshoes and grenades.