It sounds like a near hit to me!!
2007-04-06 05:37:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
lets say you are flying along and an asteroid comes zooming by, it does not hit hit you (a miss) but it was very close by (near)
therefor its called a near miss (this seemingly conflict in terms started during WWII)
2007-04-06 11:19:04 · answer #1 · answered by cherokeeflyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be called a loss of separation in the same context as saying the majority of accidents are due to the aircraft returning to earth with improper attitude configuration.
Before Political Correctness and Sanitation Engineers we called it close (proximity) or a near miss.
Close only counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. A near miss has a pucker factor that'll cause you to cut hose washers out of the seat cover.
2007-04-06 12:11:47 · answer #2 · answered by Caretaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the planes missed the hit but they came near so it was a near miss. It was also a near hit because they almost hit. So they both mean the same thing.
2007-04-06 05:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by brandontremain 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Now that you have all the technical answers I figure a near miss is an attractive, unmarried female in the seat next to you. Wooowe!
2007-04-07 16:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by boogey man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very amusing, have you been listening to Eddie Izzard or did you think of this yourself.
Next you can ask why they call it bird strike instead of engine suck.
Of course it's possible you could be serious. It missed, but it was near. A near miss.
2007-04-06 09:55:06 · answer #5 · answered by Chris H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you didn't hit (you missed each other) but came very near to each other. Near. Miss. Near. Miss.
Is the glass half empty or half full?
2007-04-06 15:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by Baron_von_Party 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, George Carlin covered this about 10 years ago...
And Eddie Izzard stole it too.
2007-04-06 07:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're making my brain hurt.
Well, the answer is that they missed. The didn't miss by miles, they were nearby, so it was a near miss.
2007-04-06 06:30:23 · answer #8 · answered by Yesugi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know who calls it that - other than perhaps the media who knows nothing about aviation.
The actual term for that incident is 'loss of separation.'
Now don't ask me why it's called that.
2007-04-06 09:19:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jetstream 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let us say people in aviation are pleasantly optimistic!
But the phrase is accepted in the English language and is not considered to be an error. http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html
2007-04-06 11:42:29 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋