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Comment by Mawr

3 days ago

Not these days, with detailed terrain maps and GPS + GPWS.

The chances of colliding with anything else would be tiny. In case of other commercial jets zero, thanks to TCAS at the least.

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duckmysick  3 days ago

GPWS = ground proximity warning system

TCAS = traffic alert and collision avoidance system

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