[franciscop]

No deaths nor injuries involved, which I feel like this should be in the headline. I came in expecting to see at least a commercial flight was involved (how does it make to #1 on HN otherwise?) but was very relieved to see it was two small aircrafts with 1 and 2 pilots respectively and everyone survived safely.

[t0mas88]

The Metroliner isn't really a small (private) aircraft, it's more a commuter type aircraft, 19 seats. But in this case it was only carrying cargo so the place of impact didn't have any people in it.

Another lucky point is that it was at low altitude and at slow speed (preparing to land). Higher up it would have been much more likely to break up due to way higher speed and larger pressure difference between the cabin and outside.

[mannykannot]

Other inches-from-death aspects: there was no-one in the aft of the cabin; the collision missed the pilot; it missed the empennage; it missed the wings; it missed the control cables; and possibly (I'm speculating wildly here) it left the cabin floor intact, without which, I doubt the tail would have stayed on.

[OJFord]

> I came in expecting to see at least a commercial flight was involved (how does it make to #1 on HN otherwise?)

The Metroliner (one with the fuselage ripped through) is commercial, [0] but apparently carrying cargo only in this case. [1]

Surely a mid-air collision even between two hobby Cessnas say is rare/interesting enough to make it?

[0] - https://www.keylimeair.com/

[1] - https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2021/may/12/col...

[benatkin]

If there were two commercial passenger flights involved and it were 300 miles south, it would be life imitating art.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABQ_(Breaking_Bad)#Plot