Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane.
Last year, an American Airlines jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington D.C. killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft. That crash on Jan. 29, 2025 put the spotlight on midair collisions, which are rare in commercial flights where the planes are equipped with systems to alert pilots about a potential collision.
