Near Collision in Skies over Q101 Area

The Federal Aviation Administration says two airliners came within seconds of colliding over the Q101 area earlier this week. The F-A-A says an error by an air traffic controller near Chicago sent a Midwest Airlines plane into the path of a United Express jet at 25-thousand feet Tuesday evening. They could have crashed within 10 to 15 seconds had the Midwest jet not sounded an alarm. Midwest V-P of Corporate Affairs Carol Skornicka says the pilots did exactly what they were trained to do and it was a very smooth transition from a descent to an ascent in order to avoid a potential convergence.