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Near-Miss At Barcelona's Airport

Via the Telegraph:
The heart-stopping moment two passenger planes avoided a catastrophic collision was caught on camera on Saturday. Footage shows a Boeing 767 from the Russian airline UTair coming in to land on a runway at Barcelona's El Prat Airport. But with the plane just feet from touching down, an Aerolineas Argentineas Airbus A340 slowly taxis across the runway, forcing the still-airborne pilot to respond to the emergency by pulling back into the air. The quick-thinking pilot of the UTair jet landed the plane safely after circling around. Plane enthusiast Miguel Angel caught the moment on film, describing it as "one of the worst experiences I have ever had".
The below clip has 2.7M views.

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