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by ddinh 3375 days ago
It's fairly standard practice, as long as the aircraft involved are certified for it and flying on autopilot. Given that the planes involved were flying at FL350-60, they probably were (altitudes above a certain threshold - FL290 in the US) are restricted to aircraft operating under rules allowing 1000ft vertical separation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_vertical_separation_mi...