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Rayana Zapryanova

Dublin Airport flight passengers stunned by 'close' call as plane passes near them

Passengers on a Dublin-bound flight were stunned after seeing another plane flying "close" to them last night.

Those in a Naples flight to Dublin Airport were shocked to see another plane as they were flying somewhere over Wales. Footage sent to Dublin Live by one of the passengers shows a plane flying apparently too close for comfort.

However, in the video, the pilot hurries to explain they were all safe. He can be heard saying that while those on the left side of the plane could see the Swiss Airbus, it was actually high above them and going on over the Atlantic.

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Sharing the stunning footage, the passenger told Dublin Live: “It was really cool to see, before that I’d only ever heard about it happening sometimes. I think we were somewhere over Wales at the time.

"Funnily enough one of my friends told me he’s only ever seen it once himself and it happened to be the same route too. The 4:05pm Naples to Dublin one by Ryanair.

"The pilot was great, he called out to the passengers to take a look and explained that despite it operating so close it was actually a thousand feet above us.”

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