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JONNY IN JET ‘NEAR MISS’

England rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson and club team-mates have been involved in a mid-air near miss, his bosses have said.

The fly-half was on board an easyJet flight when staff say they came so close to a jumbo jet they could see the other passengers.

Wilkinson, 25, was with Newcastle Falcons players and management on their way to France for a cup game at the time of the incident.

Denials of a near miss by an easyJet spokeswoman were knocked down by club coach and former England captain Rob Andrew.

He told the Newcastle Evening Chronicle: “How the two planes missed I’ll never know, but it confirms my belief in the destiny of the club.

“The other plane was a big passenger one. It was so close I could see the heads of the individual passengers through its cabin windows.”

No near miss report has been filed with the Civil Aviation Authority and any would need to be done so within four days of Thursday morning’s flight.

An easyJet spokeswoman said: “Often you may see other aircraft, which are frequently larger, and may seem a lot closer than they are.

“The fact is that no near miss report has been filed because there was no incident.”

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13279288,00.html

I didnt know we were in April yet? How can a respectable company like Sky do a report like this, its just laughable.