Was there a mid air collision of commercial airplanes ever?

Answer 1

Yes. I got the following information from a search in Googles.

" 1 July 2002; Bashkirian Airlines Tu154; near Ueberlingen, Germany: The aircraft was involved in a midair collision involving a DHL 757 while both aircraft were flying at about 36,000 feet (about 11,000 meters). Debris from both aircraft fell in an area near Lake Constance on the German-Swiss border. Both crew members on the DHL 757 and the 57 passengers and 12 crew members on the Tu154 were killed. The 57 passengers on the Tu154 included 44 children. The 757 departed Bahrain and was continuing on to Brussels after a stop in Bergamo in northern Italy. The Tu154 was on a trip from Moscow to Barcelona and had made a stopover in Munich shortly before the accident. "

Answer 2

Yes.

There have been mid-airs involving airliners when traffic avoidance equipment and Air Traffic Control services were not as advanced as they are today. Many were nonfatal events while others claimed many, many lives. Most occured between 1960 & 1980.

The first such event of note was a United Airlines DC-7 and TWA Constellation that collided over the Grand Canyon in 1956 killing 128. The wreckage is still there. Story and photo link-
http://www.aircraftarchaeology.com/twa_united_airlines_grand_canyon.htm

Here is a listing of the major airliner to airliner collisions of note since then:

10-SEP-1976
British Airways & Inex Adria over Vrbovec killing 176

11-AUG-1979
Aeroflot & Aeroflot over Dneprodzerzh killing 178

12-NOV-1996
Saudia (747) & Air Kazakhstan over near Charki Dadri killing 349

Also, several horrific midairs involving an airliner were the result of a collision with a military or private aircraft. Most notably:

-A PSA Boeing 727 colliding with a Cessna in 1978 killing 135

-A Hughes Airwest DC-9 that collided with a Marine Corps F4 in 1971 killing 49

-An Allegehny Boeing 727 that collided with a Piper in 1969 killing 83

-An Aeroméxico DC-9 that collided with a Piper in 1986 killing 64

A complete listing of all midair caused accidents (fatal & nonfatal, miitary & civilian) since 1942 can be had here-

http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?Event=COAI&lang=en&page=1

Answer 3

Here's the authority for info on air crashes:

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/

The most recent serious mid-air collision between two commercial airplanes was on November 12, 1996 over India. See:

http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1996/1996-50.htm

Answer 4

a million) sure, TCAS is meant to help avert mid-air collisions. 2) likely a minimum of considered a spread of crashes is the clarification pilots are informed to grant TCAS priority over ATC. 3) The Pilot has the awesome say. imagine about this, you're flying alongside minding your own company. You listen a robotic voice, "site visitors, site visitors". You search for site visitors the position the TCAS says, yet do not see any. possibly that's behind you. then you listen an urgent human voice on your headset, "PULL UP at present! Collision caution!" and weakly lower than it you slightly listen a robotic voice, "Descend. Descend now". that are you going to persist with contained in the three seconds you ought to determine? allow's desire the different pilot made the same determination you probably did.

Answer 5

Yes there was one over Indian skies
This happened on 12 NOV 1996, between Saudi Arabian and Air Kazakhstan. Here's the incident report...
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19961112-0&lang=en

Answer 6

I dont know about commercial airlines.. there could be occasions.. but fighter jets ive seen having a head on collision with each other.

Answer 7

jopinto said what i was going to put. very tragic. one of the victims family killed the air traffic controller and wasn't convicted until this year!

Answer 8

yes